20010114001649A

(.19) On January 14, 2001, at 2045 CST, a Cessna 210M airplane, N1736M, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain near the Burnet municipal airport (kate Craddock field) Burnet, Texas. The instrument rated commercial pilot and his pilot rated passenger, who was the registered owner and operator of the airplane, sustained serious injuries. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 code of federal regulations part 91 personal flight. The cross-country flight originated from the austin-bergstrom international airport, austin, Texas, and was destined for the Burnet municipal airport. According to the pilot, he flew "under the hood" enroute to Burnet for a simulated IFR flight. His passenger, who held a private pilot certificate, was acting as the safety pilot. When the flight neared Burnet, he remained flying under the hood and began to execute the GPS instrument approach to runway 01. He reported that he passed over amuse, the initial approach fix, at 4,000 feet and initiated a 500 fpm descent at 140 knots. The flight crossed subie at 3,100 feet and he maintained the descent at 500 fpm and 140 knots. The pilot stated that the flight crossed abjes, the final approach fix, at 2,600 feet, and then extended the flaps and lowered the landing gear. The pilot added that he remembers setting in the local altimeter setting at austin, and although he recalls obtaining the local altimeter setting for Burnet, he is not sure he set it into the kollsman window on the altimeter. At 1953, the altimeter setting at austin-bergstrom was 30.13 inches of mercury, and at 1953 the altimeter setting at Burnet was 30.15 inches of mercury. The passenger reported that as the airplane crossed the final approach fix he had the runway in sight. He then lost sight of the runway and was about to tell the pilot to "pull up", when the impact occurred. The FAA inspector examined the airplane at the site. He reported that the right wing separated from the airplane and the entire fuselage, including the cockpit, was consumed by fire. The propeller assemby separated from the engine and was embedded in a tree. The engine separated from each of its four mounts and came to rest 30 feet from the main wreckage. (-23)the aircraft a CE-210, struck a tree while in flight and subsequently struck the ground. The aircraft's wings separated from the fuselage as well as the lower nose, engine and propeller. The aircraft burned except for the spar box of the left wing, the engine and propeller.