# Accident 19890925036179A: Cessna 210D, Covington, LA, September 25, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1989, 20:30 local time
- Place: Covington, LA
- Airport: Greater St Tammany Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4802° N, 90.1118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4802&lon=-90.1118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3962Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3962Y-1990-09-25) (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: 192 total, 160 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890925036179A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES TRYING TO LAND AT AIRPORT IN NEAR ZERO IMC AT NIGHT.

## 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 FTW89FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89FA172), Sep 26, 1989: Cessna 210D (N3962Y), Covington, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S DISREGARD OF THE WEATHER INFORMATION PROVIDED DURING TWO BRIEFINGS AND HIS DECISION TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDTIONS. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE…

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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