# Accident 20010603014669A: Cessna T210G, Longmont, CO, June 3, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2001, 09:59 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2409° N, 105.3605° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2409&lon=-105.3605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6886R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6886R-2001-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210G (registry code 2073432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210G
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010603014669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N6886R DEPARTED LONGMONT, CO AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0955L IB 06/03/01 AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 6 N.M. NORTHWEST (NEAR RABBIT MOUNTAIN) AT 0959L. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS ESTIMATED BY PILOT WITNESSES TO BE "ABOUT 500-600 OVERCAST".  THE PILOT, LESTER NEBEN OF LEXINGTON, NE HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM DEN FSS.  THE FSS HAD INFORMED MR. NEBEN THAT VFR FLIGHT WASN'T ADVISED.  MR. NEBEN ELECTED TO DEPART "UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES".  THE SAME PILOT WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 29 AND ENTERED THE CLOUDS A FEW MOMENTS LATER.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN SHARPLY DESCENDED FROM THE CLOUDS WHERE THEY WATCHED IT TURN TO THE NORTH.  THESE WITNESSES WATCHED IT FOR A MINJTE OR TWO UNTIL IT LEFT THE IMMEDIATE AIRPORT AREA.  A WITNESS AT THE SCENE, MR. TOM ABBOTT, SAID HE WAS IN HIS YARD WHEN HE HEARD AN AIRPLANE "GUN THE ENGINE" IN THE LOW CLOUDS ABOVE HIM.  MOMENTS LATER THE AIRCRAFT CAME SPIRALING OUT OF THE CLOUDS VERY NEAR TO WHERE MR. ABBOTT WAS STANDING.  HE SAW THE IMPACT.  HE STATED THE CLOUDS WERE "ABOUT 50 FEET ABOVE HIS HOUSE".  HE WAS CERTAIN OF THIS BECAUSE HE NOTED THE CLOUD LINE ON A FENCE THAT IS ON A HILL BEHIND HIS PROPERTY.

## 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 DEN01FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01FA110), Jun 3, 2001: Cessna T210G (N6886R), Lyons, CO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation and his continued flight into adverse weather condition resulting in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing factors were the fog, low…

## Other reports on N6886R (1)

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

- [Accident 19790522019739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790522019739A), May 22, 1979: Cessna T210G (N6886R), Vancouver, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot landed with main gear not fully extended. Failed to visually ok same. Found low pressure pump output.

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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