# Accident 20071208829269A: Cessna T210N, Bloomfield, KY, December 8, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2007, 15:15 local time
- Place: Bloomfield, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9522° N, 85.2358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9522&lon=-85.2358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5431C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5431C-2008-07-17) (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 TSIO520R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071208829269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 8, 2007, AT 1515 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA T210N, N5431C, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN BLOOMFIELD, KENTUCKY. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PRIVATE INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CHARLESTON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA AT 1236, DECEMBER 8, 2007, AND WAS ENROUTE TO CLARKSVILLE, INDIANA. ACCORDING TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS FROM THE FAA LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, THE PILOT HAD READ BACK HIS CLEARANCE TO DESCEND FROM 8,000 FEET TO 6,000 FEET WHEN RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT WITH THE FLIGHT WAS LOST. WITNESSES IN THE LOCAL AREA REPORTED HEARING AN AIRPLANE AND THEN A CRASH. THE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE SOUNDED VERY LOUD UNTIL THE IMPACT. WITNESSES TELEPHONED THE 911 OPERATOR AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA08FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08FA027), Dec 8, 2007: Cessna T210N (N5431C), Bloomfield, KY, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot exceeded the design stress limits of the airplane, which resulted in the in-flight break up. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's loss of control in-flight due to spatial…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.