# Accident 19901002043939A: Cessna T210N, Gypsum, CO, October 2, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1990, 20:31 local time
- Place: Gypsum, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6410° N, 106.9399° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6410&lon=-106.9399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6477N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6477N-2013-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,215 total, 27 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN91FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901002043939A

## Narrative

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

OPERATED IN KNOWN ICING. REPORTED OUT OF CONTROL FROM ICE . SPUN INTO TREES.

## 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 DEN91FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91FA002), Oct 3, 1990: Cessna T210N (N6477N), Gypsum, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT FLYING INTO KNOWN ADVERSE ICING AND THUNDERSTORM WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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