# Accident 20040222004649A: Cessna 210N, Valley Spring, TX, February 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2004, 16:45 local time
- Place: Valley Spring, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8831° N, 98.7797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8831&lon=-98.7797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6175Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6175Y-2004-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040222004649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED 4.5 MILES NORTH OF THE LLANO VOR. THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT DIED IN THE CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME APART IN FLIGHT. DEBRIS FROM THE CRASH WAS FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ON AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 320 DEGREES. THE SCATTER AREA WAS 900 FEET IN LENGTH AND APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET IN WIDTH. INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE THE LEFT WING SEPARATED STRIKING THE TAIL AND BREAKING IT OFF. THE IMPACT AREA AND BURN AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET WIDE AND 120 FEET LONG INDICATING IMPACT WAS AT A VERY STEEP ANGLE. WEATHER AT THE TIME AS REPORTED BY THE DPS TROOPER ON THE SCENE WERE OBSCURED WITH LIGHT RAIN. WITNESSES ONLY HEARD THE CRASH. THE PILOT WAS A PRIVATE PILOT, NO INSTRUMENT RATING. HE OBTAINED A BRIEFING FROM SAN ANGELO.

## 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 FTW04FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA079), Feb 22, 2004: Cessna 210N (N6175Y), Valley Spring, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather and failure to maintain control of the airplane while maneuvering in instrument meteorological conditions, due to spatial disorientation.

## Other reports on N6175Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19880518025069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880518025069I), May 18, 1988: Cessna 210N (N6175Y), West Palm Beach, FL. Engine lost oil pressure at cruise. Emergency landing made in a sugar field. Found a loose oil temperature probe.

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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