# Accident 20060530013589A: Cessna 210N, Cincinnati, OH, May 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2006, 18:00 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunke
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0797° N, 84.4499° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0797&lon=-84.4499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5212U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5212U-2013-04-02) (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 IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060530013589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 30, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 EASTERN TIME, A CESSNA 210, N5212U, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN 3 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT-LUNKEN FIELD, OH (LUK). WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. LUNKEN TOWER STATED THAT N5212U WAS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT AND WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LUK AND WAS ENROUTE TO GREENE COUNTY-LEWIS A. JACKSON DAYTON, OH (L19). THE ACFT WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY D^ AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN WHILE RETURNING TO LUK. CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPTS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LUK AND N5212U, OBTAINED FROM LUK TOWER, INDICATED THAT N5212U DEPARTED 21 LEFT HEADING TOWARD DAYTON. AT APPROXIMATELY BLUE ASH, OH THE PILOT REPORTED HE NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE LUNKEN AIRPORT. TOWER TOLD HIM TO SQUAWK 1200 AND HE NEVER RESPONDED. THE PILOT NEVER STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM NOR DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF POST FIRE.

## 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 CHI06FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA141), May 30, 2006: Cessna 210N (N5212U), Ft. Thomas, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain altitude/clearance with trees while attempting to return to the airport.

## Other reports on N5212U (3)

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

- [Incident 19931231051769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931231051769I), Dec 31, 1993: Cessna 210N (N5212U), Washington Cour, OH. Fuel exhaustion on a cross country flight. Forced landing on highway.
- [Incident 19921105052349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921105052349I), Nov 5, 1992: Cessna 210N (N5212U), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. After takeoff pilot realized weather beyond VFR expectations. Returned. Forgot to lower gear. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19900724042619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900724042619I), Jul 24, 1990: Cessna 210N (N5212U), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. Landed with gear retracted. Pilot stated he did not hear gear warning horn.

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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