ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37316
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 June 1986 |
| Time: | 07:52 |
| Type: |  Cessna T210N |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N9444Y |
| MSN: | T210-64507 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1755 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sperry, OK -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Tulsa, OK (RVS) |
| Topeka, KS (FOE) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED JONES (RIVERSIDE) AIRPORT AND CLIMBED, ON COURSE, TO ITS ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. IT WAS IN IMC CONDITIONS AND A IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT TOLD ATC (AFTER BEING ASKED) THAT HIS RIDE WAS 'SMOOTH SO FAR'. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT STARTED VEERING RIGHT OF ITS ASSIGNED HEADING. THE PILOT WAS ADVISED OF THIS AND ACKNOWLEDGED. A CORRECTION WAS INITIATED BUT NOT COMPLETED. THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN VEERED RIGHT, ENTERED A STEEP DESCENT, AND DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR. THE PILOT DID NOT RESPOND TO FURTHER RADIO CALLS FROM ATC. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHILE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. PATHOLOGICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF THE PILOT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A HUMAN FACTORS PROBLEM. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X33855_
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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