# Accident 20061219028609A: Cessna T210N, Austin, TX, December 19, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2006, 08:18 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4247° N, 97.6753° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4247&lon=-97.6753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5434C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5434C-2007-03-29) (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: 3,805 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061219028609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING HILLSBORO, TEXAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR AUSTIN BERGSTROM AIRPORT, AUSTIN, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING VECTORED FOR AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 17 LEFT WHEN IT WENT OFF THE RADAR AND CRASHED INTO A WOODED AREA IN NORTH AUSTIN. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AT A VERY STEEP ANGLE AND IN A RIGHT WING DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT PERISHED IN THE CRASH. THE WEATHER AT BERGSTROM AIRPORT WAS 600 BROKEN, 1200 OVERCAST. THERE WERE NO DISTRESS CALLS RECEIVED BY THE CONTROLLER. THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING. HE HELD A CURRENT THIRD CLASS MEDICAL.

## 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 DFW07FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA042), Dec 19, 2006: Cessna T210N (N5434C), Austin, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while executing an instrument approach for undetermined reasons.

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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