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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna T210N · Watsonville, CA · July 23, 1983

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Date: July 23, 1983 · 09:05 local
Place: Watsonville, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N5517C
Reported as: Cessna T210N
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520R
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total2,800 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N5517CRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Cessna T210NS/N 21063775 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna T210N Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Flew into the side of a cloud obscured hill while climbing after takeoff. Had 10 degrees of flaps retarding climb.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF A CLOUD OBSCURED HILL WHILE CLIMBING AFTER TAKEOFF. HAD 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS RETARDING CLIMB.

Other reports on N5517C · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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