# Accident 20031119032359A: Cessna T210N, Hailey, ID, November 19, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2003, 18:30 local time
- Place: Hailey, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4464° N, 114.2189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4464&lon=-114.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5244A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5244A-2004-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031119032359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM KBOI TO KSUN UNDER VMC. PILOT CONTACTED KSUN TOWER TO REPORT 10 MILES WEST OF HAILEY NDB AT 9,500 FOR LANDING, THEN REQUESTED 360 TURN TO LOSE ALTITUDE. FIVE MINUTES LATER, KSUN ATCT REQUESTED POSITION REPORT, AND PILOT RESPONDED ABOUT 5 SOUTH OF KSUN RE-ESTABLISHING INBOUND. ATCT CLEARED PILOT TO LAND. SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION SOUNDED LIKE MICROPHONE CLICK OR TRANSMISSION CUT SHORT. NO FURTHER CONTACT WAS MADE. DESTROYED AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED ON 11/24 AT ABOUT 1600 LOCAL, ABOUT 100 FEET FROM CREST OF 7,500 FOOT MOUNTAIN SIDE LOCATED EAST OF VALLEY, ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OF KSUN.

## 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 SEA04FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA020), Nov 20, 2003: Cessna T210N (N5244A), Bellevue, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude above mountainous terrain while maneuvering during descent. Factors included the mountainous terrain, the high wind condition, and dark night light…

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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