# Accident 20011030028899A: Cessna P210N, Lasvegas, NV, October 30, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2001, 15:15 local time
- Place: Lasvegas, NV
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3628° N, 115.6111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3628&lon=-115.6111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734VM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734VM-2014-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011030028899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N734VM, WAS ON AN IFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM FLAGSTAFF, AZ. TO RENO, NV. WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF LEE CANYON, MT. CHARLESTON, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE, RAIN AND ICING CONDITIONS. AT THIS POINT THERE WAS A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL PROMOTING A SPIRALING/SPINNING DESCENT TO THE IMPACT SITE.

## 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 LAX02FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02FA018), Oct 30, 2001: Cessna P210N (N734VM), Mt. Charleston, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed after continuing flight into forecast adverse meteorological conditions consisting of turbulence, icing, and downdrafts, which resulted in a…

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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