# Accident 20001025027939A: Cessna 210, Oklahoma City, OK, October 25, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2000, 19:45 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Will Rogers World
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3794° N, 97.5961° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3794&lon=-97.5961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9485T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9485T-2001-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001025027939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 19:36L, N9485T CALLED WILL ROGERS CLEARANCE DELIVERY AND OBTAINED IFR CLEARANCE TO E42 AIRPORT (SPEARMAN, TEXAS). AT 19:37, N9485T CONTACTED OKC TOWER FOR TAXI. AT 19:42:17, N9485T CONTACTED OKC TOWER "READY TO GO:, AND WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF. AT 19:44, A/C TOLD TO CONTACT DEPARTURE. THE A/C CRASHED AT 19:45.

## 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 FTW01FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01FA013), Oct 26, 2000: Cessna 210 (N9485T), Oklahoma City, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's loss of control of the aircraft during initial/takeoff climb. Contributing factors were the night conditions, low ceilings, and the pilot's lack of flight experience in actual instrument…

## Other reports on N9485T (1)

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

- [Incident 19870523024359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870523024359I), May 23, 1987: Cessna 210 (N9485T), Mcalester, OK, Minor damage. Distracted pilot failed to lower the gear for landing. Pilot claimed gear horn did not work.

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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