# Accident 19900510016649A: Cessna 210N, Shady Grove Cor, VA, May 10, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1990, 02:50 local time
- Place: Shady Grove Cor, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2697° N, 77.6500° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2697&lon=-77.6500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6481N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6481N-1993-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO90FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900510016649A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT ENCOUNTERED RAIN. GOT INTO CLOUDS. LOST CONTROL. PULLED AIRCRAFT APART. MAY HAVE LOST VACUUM PUMP.

## 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 BFO90FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA045), May 10, 1990: Cessna 210N (N6481N), Shady Grove Cor, VA, destroyed, 6 fatal. Probable cause: VFR FLIGHT BY THE NON-INSTUMENT RATED PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL, DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, AND HIS EXCEEDING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF…

## Other reports on N6481N (1)

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

- [Incident 19890827048599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890827048599I), Aug 27, 1989: Cessna 210N (N6481N), Nashua, NH. Rough engine. Declared emergency and landed without incident. NR5 piston had failed.

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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