# Accident 19961115035819A: Cessna T210N, Springfield, MO, November 15, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1996, 04:36 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Springfield Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CFCA
- Location: 37.2319° N, 93.3942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2319&lon=-93.3942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5083C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5083C-1998-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,886 total, 453 in this make and model, 189 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961115035819A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO AIRPORT. (.4)THE PILOT WAS ON HIS LAST FLIGHT LEG FOR THAT EVENING CARRYING CANCELLED BANK CHECKS.  HE WAS CLEARED FOR AN INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) APPROACH TO RUNWAY 02 TO THE SPRINFIELD-BRANSON REGIONAL AIRPORT BY KANSAS CITY CENTER.  THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ABOUT A MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 02 WHILE ON THE NIGHT INSTRUMENT APPROACH.  THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS TWO HUNDRED FEET OVERCAST WITH VISIBILITY AT ONE AND A QUARTER MILE IN MIST.  WINDS WERE REPORTED AT ONE FIVE ZERO DEGREES AT NINETEEN WITH WIND GUSTS TO TWO FOUR.  ALTIMETER SETTING WAS 30.24 INCHES.  THE KOLLSMAN WINDOW OF THE ALTIMETER IN THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND AFTER THE ACCIDENT SET TO 30.50 INCHES. KANSAS CITY CENTER TRANSMITTED TO THE PILOT 'THE NEW SPRINGFIELD WEATHER JUST CAME OUT UH HAS STILL HAS TWO HUNDRED FEET OVERCAST VISIBILITY UH ONE AND ONE-QUARTER MILE NOW AND UH MIST WIND ONE FIVE ZERO AT ONE NINER GUSTING TO TWO FOUR ALTIMETER UH IS UH THREE ZERO TWO FOUR'.  THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED 'THREE ZERO TWO FOUR PROMPT AIR FIVE FIFTY.' THE BAGGAGE HANDLER, WHO LOADED THE AIRPLANE BEFORE THE PILOT DEPARTED FOR SPRINGFIELD, S                               AID THAT THE PILOT 'LOOKED VERY TIRED AND FATIGUED.' THE PILOT HAD COMMENCED HIS WORKDAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 CST THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI97FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA027), Nov 15, 1996: Cessna T210N (N5083C), Springfield, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to set the altimeter to the current setting given by the controller resulting in the aircraft altimeter reading 260 feet higher than the actual aircraft altitude. Factors involved…

## Other reports on N5083C (1)

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

- [Accident 19951220046149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951220046149A), Dec 20, 1995: Cessna T210N (N5083C), Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Power surge loud bang and power loss. Turbocharger snap ring jammed oil pump gears. Turbo rebuilt with auto parts. (-23) aircraft departed ind and shortly…

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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