# Accident 19810518026679A: Cessna T210N, Castle Rock, CO, May 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1981, 10:45 local time
- Place: Castle Rock, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6908° N, 105.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARAPAHOE (CD19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6908&lon=-105.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5137Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5137Y-2013-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 106 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA035-202510) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810518026679A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL ON AN IFR ILS APPROACH. NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT. MAY HAVE MISUSED RNAV SYSTEM OR SYSTEM DEFECT.

## 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 DEN81FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA035-202510), May 18, 1981: Cessna T210N (N5137Y), Castle Rock, CO, destroyed, 4 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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