# Accident 20080310014059A: Cessna T210M, Lafayette, LA, March 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2008, 20:23 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0347° N, 92.0667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0347&lon=-92.0667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732RR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732RR-2008-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080310014059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS MANEUVERING N732RR FOR FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 40 AT LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT WAS AT 1650 FEET IN AN IFR/ILS FLIGHT WHEN CONTROL TOWER DIRECTED THE PILOT TO A 335 HEADING FROM A 295 HEADING. PILOT CONFIRMED DIRECTION AND STARTED HEADING CHANGE. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED PAST THE 335 HEADING, CONTROL TOWER MADE SEVERAL RADIO CALLS TO CORRECT HEADING CHANGE. NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED FROM PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AND CONTINUED A RIGHT TURN UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND ON A HEADING OF 160.

## 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 DFW08FA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA080), Mar 11, 2008: Cessna T210M (N732RR), Abbeville, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident were the prevailing clouds, rain, and turbulence.

## Other reports on N732RR (2)

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

- [Incident 20030918034439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030918034439I), Sep 18, 2003: Cessna T210M (N732RR), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to lower landing gear on approach to lft airport. Pilot said he heard the horn, but did not know what it meant. Damage to propeller and…
- [Incident 19900328013739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900328013739I), Mar 28, 1990: Cessna T210M (N732RR), Jackson, MI, Minor damage. Landed gear up while attempting a soft field landing.

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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