# Accident 19890323004439A: Cessna 210D, Eugene, OR, March 23, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1989, 08:21 local time
- Place: Eugene, OR
- Airport: Mahlon Sweet Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1246° N, 123.2120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MAHLON SWEET FLD (EUG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1246&lon=-123.2120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3823Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3823Y-1993-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,914 total, 733 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890323004439A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL TRYING TO FLY UNDER LOW CLOUDS IN HILLY TERRAIN. CRASHED INTO TREES. WAS CLEARED FOR SPECIAL VFR.

## 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 DEN89FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA091), Mar 23, 1989: Cessna 210D (N3823Y), Eugene, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE TERRAIN AND WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE ACCIDENT SITE, AND THE…

## Other reports on N3823Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19730622018129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730622018129A), Jun 22, 1973: Cessna 210D (N3823Y), Lagrande, OR, Substantial damage. Crankshaft failed,prop separated in flt. Lnd gr partially extended. Held gr to assure fld made.

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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