# Accident 20060419030749A: Cessna 210A, Ludville, GA, April 19, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2006, 11:14 local time
- Place: Ludville, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5128° N, 84.6583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5128&lon=-84.6583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6579X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6579X-2008-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06MA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06MA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060419030749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 19, 2006, N6579X DEPARTED PRATTVILLE, AL ENROUTE TO MANASSAS, VA ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. WHILE OPERATING AT 11,000 FEET AND IN CONTACT WITH THE ATLANTA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER (ZTL) THE PILOT REQUESTED TO DEVIATE SOUTH FOR WEATHER AND THE CONTROLLER APPROVED THE REQUEST. TWO MINUTES LATER THE CONTROLLER NOTICED THE TRANSPONDER GO INTO COAST AND ADVISED THE PILOT OF THIS, NO RESPONSE FROM THE PILOT WAS RECEIVED. THE FACILITY ISSUED AN ALNOT; THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST FROM RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT APPROXIMATELY 58 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA, GA. ON APRIL 20, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 LOCAL TIME, THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED. THE WRECKAGE WAS SPREAD OVER A MILE RADIUS. WEATHER DATA PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND AIR TRAFFIC RADAR DATA SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT HAD ENTERED A LEVEL 6 THUNDERSTORM AND SUFFERED A LOSS OF CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A LOW ALTITUDE INFLIGHT BREAKUP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CHI06MA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06MA115), Apr 19, 2006: Cessna 210A (N6579X), Ludville, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain updated en route weather information, which resulted in his continued instrument flight into a widespread area of severe convective activity, and the air traffic…

## Other reports on N6579X (1)

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

- [Accident 19780821035319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780821035319A), Aug 21, 1978: Cessna 210H (N6579X), Basye, VA, Substantial damage

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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