# Accident 20090923018209A: Cessna T210N, Hilltop Lakes, TX, September 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2009, 20:30 local time
- Place: Hilltop Lakes, TX
- Airport: Hilltop Lakes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0747° N, 96.2083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0747&lon=-96.2083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9734Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9734Y-2011-04-18) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,256 total, 115 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA601](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA601) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090923018209A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON AN UNLIT PRIVATE RUNWAY.  PILOT MADE RIGHT TURN HIT TREES TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CRASHING INTO AN UNOCCUPIED HOUSE.  PILOT WAS FATALLY WOUNDED.  AIRCRAFT AND HOUSE WERE DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN09FA601](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA601), Sep 24, 2009: Cessna T210 (N9734Y), Hilltop Lakes, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of control of the airplane in dark night light conditions due to the pilot’s spatial disorientation.

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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