# Accident 20000526041199A: Cessna T210K, Buena Vista, CA, May 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2000, 15:15 local time
- Place: Buena Vista, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8291° N, 106.1404° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8291&lon=-106.1404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9457M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9457M-2000-11-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526041199A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 26, 2000, APPROXIMATELY 1515 MDT, A CESSNA T210K, N9457M, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN IN COTTONWOOD PASS, NEAR BUENA VISTA, CO.  THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED,  THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE UNKNOW AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE CROSS-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM HEFFCO AIRPORT (BJC), COLORADO, UTAH, AS THE DESTINATION.  THE FAA REPRTED THE AIRPLANE MISSING AT 1700 HOURS ON MAY 26, SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSONNEL LOCATED THE WRECKAGE AT 0900 HOURS ON MAY 27, 2000.

## 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 DEN00FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA095), May 26, 2000: Cessna T210K (N9457M), Buena Vista, CO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's disregard of the weather forecast, and his VFR flight into IMC. Contributing factors were snow showers, fog, and the mountainous terrain.

## Other reports on N9457M (1)

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

- [Incident 19790611015039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790611015039I), Jun 11, 1979: Cessna 210 (N9457M), Reno, NV, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend the gear before touchdown.

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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