# Accident 19800911042149A: Cessna T210L, Dillon, MT, September 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1980, 21:05 local time
- Place: Dillon, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.2181° N, 112.6345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillon, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2181&lon=-112.6345&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2041S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2041S-1982-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 579 total, 98 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800911042149A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLEW INTO SIDE OF MOUNTAIN AT DARK. LOW CLOUDS, RAIN, FOG IN AREA. IMPROPER INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FA048), Sep 11, 1980: Cessna T210L (N2041S), Dillon, MT, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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