# Accident 20131119022229A: Cessna T210M, Cedaredge, CO, November 19, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2013, 18:15 local time
- Place: Cedaredge, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8897° N, 107.9204° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8897&lon=-107.9204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6832B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6832B-2014-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,560 total, 950 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131119022229A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED TORRENCE CALIFORNIA (TOA) ENROUTE TO ASPEN COLORADO (ASE). NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE VFR FLIGHT. NEAR DELTA COLORADO (1V9) WHILE AT APPROXIMATELY 13500 FEET THE PILOT REQUESTED TO PICK UP AN IFR CLEARANCE FROM DENVER CENTER (ZDV). ZDV GRANTED THAT REQUEST, INSTRUCTED HIM TO CLIMB TO 15000 FEET, AND THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED AND CORRECTLY READ BACK THE IFR CLEARANCE. THE ZDV CONTROLLER THEN ASKED THE PILOT FOR INFORMATION TO COMPLETE THE IFR CLEARANCE. WHILE THE PILOT WAS GIVING THE REQUESTED INFORMATION TO ZDV RADAR SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBING THROUGH 14000 FEET AND MAKING A LEFT 360 DEGREE TURN. THE ZDV CONTROLLER THEN ASKS THE PILOT IF HE WAS MAKING A LEFT 360 TURN AND THE PILOT RESPONDED THAT HIS AUTOPILOT HAD DISCONNECTED. THE CONTROLLER THEN ASKED THE PILOT IF HE NEEDED A HEADING. THE PILOT RESPONDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE A HEADING, WHICH WAS THEN GIVEN BY THE ZDV CONTROLLER. RADIO CONTACT IS THEN LOST WITH THE AIRCRAFT. RADAR THEN SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUING THE LEFT 360 DEGREE TURN AND IN A DECENT AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER RADAR CONTACT IS LOST.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR CEDEREDGE COLORADO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND A MAJORITY OF THE AIRCRAFT BURNED AFTER IMPACT. THE PILOT, THE ONLY SOLE ONBOARD, WAS FATALLY INJURED.  SEVERAL COMPONENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE FOUND A DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE, THE LARGEST BEING A 15 FOOT OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE LEFT WING WHICH WAS FOUND ABOUT 1450 FEET AWAY.

## 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 CEN14FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA064), Nov 20, 2013: Cessna T210 (N6832B), Cedaredge, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's spatial disorientation while operating in dark night conditions in snow showers and his subsequent failure to maintain airplane control, which resulted in overstress of the airplane and…

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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