# Accident 20100917053759A: Cessna T210N, Coeur D'Alene, ID, September 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2010, 13:05 local time
- Place: Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5703° N, 116.8803° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5703&lon=-116.8803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111NA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111NA-2014-08-28) (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-R9B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 316 total, 280 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA459) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100917053759A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1305 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA T210N AIRPLANE, N111NA, STRUCK SEVERAL TREES ON A RIDGE AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 3400', IMPACTED THE TERRAIN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND CONTINUED FORWARD UNTIL THE AIRPLANE WRAPPED ITSELF AROUND A TREE, WHERE IT WAS LATER FOUND WITH  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION AND DEBRIS WAS ON AN APPROXIMATE COMPASS HEADING OF 330 DEGREES MAGNETIC NORTH. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED IN A TIMBERED AREA ON PRIVATE PROPERTY APPROXIMATELY 8 NM SOUTH OF COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE AIRPLANE, AND THE PASSENGER (PILOT'S SON) RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE 14 CFR PART 91 CROSS-COUNTRY BUSINESS FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM SOUTH BIG HORN COUNTY AIRPORT (KGEY), GREYBULL, WYOMING AT APPROXIMATELY 1045 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION OF PAPPY BOYINGTON FIELD (KCOE), HAYDEN, IDAHO. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED AND IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE PILOT RECEIVED ANY WEATHER BRIEF PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. THE ELT WAS ACTIVATED BY THE IMPACT SEQUENCE, AND THE TRANSMISSIONS OF THE ELT WERE WHAT LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE WRECKAGE THREE TO FOUR HOURS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. A MINOR POST-CRASH FIRE OCCURRED AT THE SCENE, BUT WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.  INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ACCIDENT DEBRIS FIELD WAS SCATTERED IN A LARGE AREA DUE TO MULTIPLE IMPACTS; A MAJOR SECTION OF THE RIGHT WING WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 120' AFT OF THE PRIMARY IMPACT SITE; TWO PROPELLER BLADES WERE DISCOVERED IN A SOMEWHAT SATISFACTORY CONDITION AT THE PRIMARY IMPACT SITE; THE ENGINE AND A MAJOR SECTION OF THE LEFT WING SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE; AND ACCORDING TO KOOTENAI COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS, ALONG WITH BOTH FAA AND NTSB INVESTIGATORS, THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT SMELL OF FUEL BY ANY PERSONNEL ON SITE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THE FOLLOWING DAY.

## 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 WPR10FA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA459), Sep 17, 2010: Cessna T210N (N111NA), Coeur d'Alene, ID, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions and failure to maintain clearance with mountainous terrain while maneuvering in an area of low cloud ceilings.

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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