# Accident 20050210002229A: Cessna P210N, Gorman, CA, February 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2005, 18:30 local time
- Place: Gorman, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: QXNA
- Location: 35.0799° N, 118.7906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0799&lon=-118.7906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N432AR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N432AR-2017-05-22) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 400 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050210002229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N432AR, A CESSNA P210, WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM FRESNO, CA (FAT) ENROUTE TO SANTA MONICA, CA. THIS WAS A PASSENGER CARRYING PART 135 FLIGHT. THE SOUTHEAST BOUND FLIGHT WAS AT 9000 FEET JUST NORTH OF GORMAN VOR AT ABOUT 2030 PST WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED "EXTREME TURBULENCE". THE PILOT ASKED FOR A LOWER ALTITUDE AND THE CONTROLLER COULD NOT AUTHORIZE DUE TO THE TERRAIN THE AREA. FINAL RADAR RETURN ON MODE C INDICATED ALTITUDE OF 5,900 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ON 2-12-05 AT ABOUT 0930 PST BY THE RESCUE CREW IN A WOODED HILLY AREA ABOUT 2,700 FEET SW OF THE LAST RADAR TARGET FOR THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER HAD FATAL INJURIES. THE WRECKAGE WAS EXTENSIVELY FRAGMENTED ON A HEADING OF ABOUT 300 DEGREES FROM THE ORIGINAL IMPACT POINT.

## 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 LAX05FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA092), Feb 11, 2005: Cessna P210N (N432AR), Lebec, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's in-flight loss of control due to the flight's encounter with unforecasted localized mountain wave activity with severe to potentially extreme turbulence, downdrafts, and rotors.

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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