# Accident 19940708017919A: Cessna T210M, Beaver Island, MI, July 8, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1994, 15:45 local time
- Place: Beaver Island, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6509° N, 85.5492° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6509&lon=-85.5492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88XH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88XH-1997-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940708017919A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT DEPARTED ISLAND AIRPORT IN IMC AND CRASHED INTO LAKE MICHIGAN.

## 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 CHI94LA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA226), Jul 8, 1994: Cessna T210M (N88XH), Beaver Island, MI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Spatial disorientation of the pilot-in-command due to flight into known instrument meteorological conditions; factors in the accident were the fog and low ceiling.

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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