# Accident 20080204010019A: Cessna 210R, Baytown, TX, February 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2008, 18:45 local time
- Place: Baytown, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7567° N, 94.8450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7567&lon=-94.8450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N968CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N968CC-2013-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210R (registry code 2073458, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 627 total, 224 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080204010019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE WITNESS (PILOT A) STATED THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY FOGGY AND THAT VISIBILITY WAS LESS THAN 1/10 OF A MILE JUST BEFORE DARK. HE HEARD AN AIRCRAFT FLY OVER FROM NORTHWEST DIRECTION TOWARDS 54T, THEN RETURNED, AS THE PLANE CONTINUED NORTH HEARD THE ENGINE "WINDING UP." THEN HE HEARD THE IMPACT. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED 40' TALL TREES APPROXIMATELY 1 1/4 MILES NORTH OF AIRPORT 54T, 1/4 MILE EAST OF FM 3180 AND 3/4 MILE SOUTH OF FM 565. BOTH WINGS WERE SEPARATED FROM FUSELAGE, THE ENGINE SEPARATED FROM FUSELAGE, THE FORWARD PART OF FUSELAGE WAS DESTROYED AND CAME TO REST 80 FEET FROM ENGINE. DEBRIS FIELD WAS 130 FEET ALONG FLIGHT PATH AND 200 FEET WIDE.

## 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 DFW08FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA061), Feb 5, 2008: Cessna 210 (N968CC), Baytown, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after flying into clouds.

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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