# Accident 19920412009619A: Cessna P210N, Baxter, CA, April 12, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1992, 13:02 local time
- Place: Baxter, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9TG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9TG-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920412009619A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN AREA OF SEVERE ICING. CAME APART IN SPIN. INDICATES PITOT ICING CAUSED AIRSPEED ERROR. NO TURN SLIP

## 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 LAX92FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA174), Apr 12, 1992: Cessna P210N (N9TG), Baxter, CA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: 1) A PARTIAL LOSS OF THE AIRPLANE'S VACUUM SYSTEM WHICH RESULTED IN THE TOTAL LOSS OF THE DIRECTIONAL GYRO AND THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR, 2) THE PILOT NOT MAINTAINING AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE SPATIAL…

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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