# Accident 19891210049499A: Cessna T210N, Rutherfordton, NC, December 10, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1989, 12:58 local time
- Place: Rutherfordton, NC
- Airport: Rutherford County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3603° N, 81.9205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3603&lon=-81.9205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5417C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5417C-1990-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 587 total, 306 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891210049499A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT LOST CONTROL ON VOR APPROACH. CRASHED INTO TREES AND A HOUSE.

## 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 ATL90FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90FA038), Dec 10, 1989: Cessna T210N (N5417C), Spindale, NC, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER IFR PROCEDURE WHICH RESULTED IN DESCENT BELOW THE MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE. CONTRIBUTINGFACTOR(S) WAS: THE FOG AND LOW CEILING.

## Other reports on N5417C (1)

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

- [Incident 19810411015509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810411015509I), Apr 11, 1981: Cessna T210N (N5417C), Jamaica, NY. Zt number 1 nav radio damaged by lightning in cruise no system damage declared emergency and uneventful landing.

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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