# Accident 20000508011669A: Cessna 210L, Mack, CO, May 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2000, 12:46 local time
- Place: Mack, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2206° N, 108.8699° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2206&lon=-108.8699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732ER-2001-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000508011669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C DEPARTED GRAND JUNCTION, CO. FOR VERNAL, UT IN KNOWN WEATHER WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA A/C CRASHED INTO MOUNTAIN AT 8734 FEET. SUSPECT WEATHER RELATED. POSSIBLE ICING AND TURBULENT CONDITIONS.

## 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 FTW00FA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00FA144), May 8, 2000: Cessna 210L (N732ER), Mack, CO, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were the mountain obscuration and the rising terrain.

## Other reports on N732ER (1)

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

- [Incident 19781020029129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781020029129I), Oct 20, 1978: Cessna 210L (N732ER), Marion, VA, Minor damage. Plane bounced, nose gear collapsed after the aircraft settled back on the runway.

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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