# Accident 20140131000689A: Cessna 210E, Glenwood, AR, January 31, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2014, 13:15 local time
- Place: Glenwood, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6200° N, 93.7764° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6200&lon=-93.7764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4957U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4957U-2018-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,813 total, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14GA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14GA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140131000689A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 31, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 CDT, N4957U, A CESSNA 210E AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO STATE OF ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION AND OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL/INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT, IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER STRIKING A TREE IN THE QUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST, NEAR GLENWOOD, AR., WHILE ON A PUBLIC USE FORESTRY FIRE SPOTTING FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14GA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14GA135), Jan 31, 2014: Cessna 210E (N4957U), Oden, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to fly into an area with reported marginal meteorological conditions in an airplane not maintained for instrument flight and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance…

## Other reports on N4957U (1)

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

- [Accident 19730629017289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730629017289A), Jun 29, 1973: Cessna 210E (N4957U), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 22K. Air sick pax.

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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