# Accident 20110320005609A: Cessna P210N, Daggett, CA, March 20, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2011, 12:00 local time
- Place: Daggett, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8286° N, 116.7911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8286&lon=-116.7911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50MC-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-B17F/2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 400 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110320005609A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SNA GOING TO HND.  THE PILOT WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE REPORTS OF LIGHT RIME ICING. THE PILOT REPORTED TWICE THAT SHE HAD ENCOUNTERED MODERATE TURBULENCE.  AT APPROXIMATELY 15,000 FEET ATC LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND WAS MOSTLY CONSUMED BY A POST IMPACT FIRE.  THE PILOT AND BOTH PASSENGERS WERE FATALY INJURED.

## 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 WPR11FA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA173), Mar 20, 2011: Cessna P210 (N50MC), Daggett, CA, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to conduct the flight into a region of reported moderate to severe turbulence and icing conditions, followed by a loss of airplane control and an aerodynamic spin from which the…

## Other reports on N50MC (1)

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

- [Accident 20040228002909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040228002909A), Feb 28, 2004: Cessna T210M (N50MC), Grape Creek, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On February 28, 2004, at approximately 20:46 UTC, a Cessna T210M, N50MC, owned by buetler brothers and cervi rodeo company and operated by [privacy data…

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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