# Accident 20021204035059A: Cessna 210L, Harrison, AR, December 4, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2002, 17:47 local time
- Place: Harrison, AR
- Airport: Boone County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 36.2719° N, 93.1561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2719&lon=-93.1561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210CT-2011-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021204035059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 04, 2002, AT 1747 CST, A CESSNA 210L SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N210CT, OPERATING AS FLIGHT EXPRESS 714 (FLX 714) WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING INITIAL CLIMB FROM RUNWAY 36 AT THE BOONE COUNTY AIRPORT (HRO), NEAR HARRISON. THE INSTRUMENT RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS FATALLY INJURED. NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR TITLE 14 CFR, FAR PART 135 CARGO FLIGHT. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 36 AND THE PILOT REPORTED AIRBORNE AT 1746 CST. NO FURTHER CONTACTS WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PILOT. A WITNESS NEAR THE AIRPORT REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SHALLOW RIGHT TURN AND THEN DISAPPEARED BEHIND THE TREES OF THEIR HOME. THE MAIN WRECKAGE CAME TO REST IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA ABOUT 2.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUNWAY 36. THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS OVER 2,000 FEET LONG CENTERED ON A 009 DEGREE MAGNETIC DIRECTION. NO POST FIRE. THE ELEVATORS WERE FOUND LOCATED FURTHEST FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE CLOSEST TO AIRPORT. CONTINUITY CHECK OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETED. CESSNA AIRCRAFT IS ASSISTING THE NTSB TO DETERMINE PROBABLE CAUSE. AN AMENDMENT TO THIS REPORT WILL BE INITIATED IF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONIS DETERMINED BY THE NTSB.

## 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 FTW03FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA057), Dec 4, 2002: Cessna 210L (N210CT), Harrison, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft and the exceedance of the manufactured limits, which resulted in an in flight break-up. Contributing factors were the dark night conditions and…

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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