# Accident 19881224056149A: Cessna 210B, Mount Airy, NC, December 24, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1988, 18:15 local time
- Place: Mount Airy, NC
- Airport: Mount Airy/Surry County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4614° N, 80.5532° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT AIRY/SURRY COUNTY (MWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4614&lon=-80.5532&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210RW-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- Reported engine: CONT IO470S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881224056149A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES TRYING TO LOCATE AIRPORT AT NIGHT IN LOW CEILING RAIN AND FOG.  VFR PILOT ADVISED HE WAS IFR RATED.

## 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 ATL89FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA061), Dec 24, 1988: Cessna 210B (N210RW), Mt Airy, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE THE DESTINATION AIRPORT IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO AVOID THE TERRAIN IN THE AREA. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING…

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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