# Accident 19811122086529A: Cessna T210L, Susanville, CA, November 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1981, 20:55 local time
- Place: Susanville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4337° N, 120.6283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Susanville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4337&lon=-120.6283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5181V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,275 total, 809 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811122086529A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL MAKING COURSE REVERSAL DUE TO ICING AND TURBULENCE. SEVERE TURBULENCE, ICING SIGMENT. NOT CURRENT IFR.

## 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 LAX82FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA019), Nov 22, 1981: Cessna 210 (N5181V), Susanville, CA, destroyed, 3 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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