19871121075699A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 210E · Port Townsend, WA · November 21, 1987

Date
November 21, 1987 · 18:05 local
Place
Port Townsend, WA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4956U
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88FA021
Reported as
Cessna 210E
Reported engine
Continental IO520A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,304 total132 in this make and model94 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crashed on a mountain. Struck a tree prior to impact. Aircraft destroyed by fire. Mountains obscured by low ceiling

As the FAA filed it

CRASHED ON A MOUNTAIN. STRUCK A TREE PRIOR TO IMPACT. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED BY FIRE. MOUNTAINS OBSCURED BY LOW CEILING

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.