# NTSB SEA76DTI24: Cessna 210, N59130, Stevensville, MT, April 17, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 17, 1976
- Place: Stevensville, MT · STEVENSVILLE, MT
- Location: 46.5071° N, 114.0887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stevensville, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5071&lon=-114.0887&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 153433
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA76DTI24
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DTI24

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0934  76/4/17    STEVENSVILLE,MT     CESSNA 210          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1359
        TIME - 2020                    N59130              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STEVENSVILLE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MILES CITY,MT               STEVENSVILLE,MT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
        REMARKS- TRUCK POSITION AT END OF RWY,HEADLIGHTS POINTED DOWN RWY.ACFT LOW ON APCH,HIT TRUCK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N59130](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59130-2012-07-24), registration cancelled 2012-07-24, S/N 21060110, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stevensville

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19760417008639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760417008639A), Apr 17, 1976: Cessna 210L, Stevensville, MT, Substantial damage. Truck position at end of rwy,headlights pointed down rwy. Acft low on apch,hit truck.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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