# Accident 20100907043769A: Cessna T210N, Mt. Home, AR, September 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2010, 12:26 local time
- Place: Mt. Home, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1903° N, 92.4406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1903&lon=-92.4406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2081U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2081U-2010-12-03) (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 MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA520](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA520) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100907043769A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 AT 1226 CST, A CESSNA T210N AIRCRAFT, N2081U, REGISTERED TO AND BEING OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, AND ONE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED FROM THE VERMILION REGIONAL AIRPORT, DANVILLE, ILLINOIS, (KDNV) AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 CST ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO GEORGETOWN, TEXAS (KGTU).  NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILE PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICES WERE BEING UTILIZED THROUGH MEMPHIS CENTER. VFR METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE. AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE FLIPPIN VOR, 10 MILES SOUTH OF MT. HOME, AR THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED IMC CONDITIONS. PILOT REQUESTED CLEARANCE TO DESCEND FROM 066 TO 040. ATC LOST RADAR CONTACT AS THE AIRCRAFT DECENDED BELOW 044. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A DENSELY WOODED FOREST, CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH SITE.

## 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 CEN10FA520](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA520), Sep 7, 2010: Cessna T210 (N2081U), Mountain Home, AR, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue flight into a known area of heavy rain and his subsequent failure to maintain aircraft control.

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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