# Accident 20121101026769A: Cessna 320E, San Marcos, TX, November 1, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2012, 06:05 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8794° N, 97.8831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8794&lon=-97.8831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10PM-2013-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320E (registry code 2074514, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 27 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121101026769A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 1, 2012, AT 06:14 HOURS, A CESSNA 320E, N10PM REGISTERED TO FIRST PRYORITY BANK OF PRYOR OKLAHOMA  CRASHED JUST AFTER TAKE OFF.   IMC FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED CATASTROPHIC DAMAGED AND THE PILOT, ASEL AND AMEL RATED, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SAN MARCOS, TX.

## 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 CEN13FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA039), Nov 1, 2012: Cessna 320E (N10PM), San Marcos, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot’s decision to takeoff in night instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of 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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