# Accident 19950808025479A: Cessna 210C, Dawsonville, GA, August 8, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1995, 15:37 local time
- Place: Dawsonville, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4209° N, 84.1097° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4209&lon=-84.1097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3698Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3698Y-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210C (registry code 2073412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210C
- Reported engine: CONT IO470S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA95FA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FA207) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950808025479A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAINS. LOST CONTROL STRUCK TREES AND BURNED. NOT CURRENT ON INSTRUMENT FLYING.

## 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 MIA95FA207](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95FA207), Aug 8, 1995: Cessna 210C (N3698Y), Dawsonville, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DISREGARD OF THE WEATHER FORECAST AND FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER (INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONDITIONS), RESULTING IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WHILE MANEUVERING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.…

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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