# Accident 20010310005619A: Cessna T210L, Salida, CO, March 10, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2001
- Place: Salida, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4683° N, 105.9264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4683&lon=-105.9264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222ED, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222ED-2001-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310005619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 10, 2001, AT APPROX. 0845 MST, A CESSNA 210L, N222ED, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR HOWARD, CO. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN THE A/C, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE A/C WAS BEING OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM HOLLIS, OK. APPROX. 3 HOURS 35 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT HAD NOT FILED A FLIGHT PLAN, FAMILY MEMBERS SAID THE PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO SALIDA, CO. THE FAMILY REPORTED THE A/C OVERDUE AT 0900. US AIR FORCE SEARCH & RESCUE PERSONNEL BEGAN RECEIVING AN ELT FROM THEIR SATELLITES AT APPROX. 1050. LOCAL SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS LOCATED THE AIRPLANE ON THE AFTERNOON OF MARCH 11, 2001.

## 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 DEN01FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA066), Mar 10, 2001: Cessna T210L (N222ED), Howard, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continuation of a VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, and his subsequent failure to maintain terrain clearance. Contributing factors were his failure to obtain a…

## Other reports on N222ED (1)

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

- [Incident 19991010031239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991010031239I), Oct 10, 1999: Cessna T210L (N222ED), Salida, CO, Minor damage. (-23) The private rated pilot/owner was doing touch and go's at Salida, Colorado (0V2) and failed to lower the landing gear. The pilot and sole occupant of the…

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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