# Accident 20140214001949A: Cessna 210L, Clay, AL, February 14, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2014, 22:18 local time
- Place: Clay, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SSCA
- Location: 33.7075° N, 86.5617° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7075&lon=-86.5617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732EJ-2015-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 911 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140214001949A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA NEAR CLAY, ALABAMA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED.

PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 2208, THE PILOT ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH BIRMINGHAM APPROACH CONTROL.  THE CONTROLLER PROVIDED THE PILOT THE ALTIMETER SETTING, TO ADVISE HAVING AUTOMATED TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE (ATIS) INFORMATION "GULF" AND ADVISE HIM THAT BHM WAS IFR AND ASKED HIM HIS INTENTIONS.  PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD ATIS INFORMATION GULF, AND REQUESTED IFR CLEARANCE FOR ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24.  THE CONTROLLER ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WAS CAPABLE AND QUALIFIED FOR AN IFR FLIGHT, TO WHICH HE REPLIED "AFFIRMATIVE".  ABOUT 2220:37, THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO TURN RIGHT TO HEADING 210 DEGREES AND ADVISED HIM THAT THE FLIGHT WAS 3.5 MILES FROM "HUKEV" AND TO MAINTAIN 2,800 FEET UNTIL ESTABLISHED ON THE LOCALIZER, CLEARED FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 24 APPROACH.  THE RADAR DATA INDICATED THE PILOT TURNED TO THE LEFT AT ABOUT 2220:55, THE PILOT ASKED THE CONTROLLER TO SAY AGAIN.  ABOUT 2220:59, THE CONTROLLER INFORMED THE PILOT THAT IT APPEARED HE WAS IN A TURN TO THE NORTH, AND ADVISED HIM TO LEVEL THE WINGS, MAINTAIN 2,800 FEET, OR CLIMB TO 3,000 FEET; THERE WAS NO REPLY FROM THE PILOT. THE AIPLANE WAS LOST FROM RADAR AND RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST.

## 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 ERA14FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA120), Feb 15, 2014: Cessna 210L (N732EJ), Clay, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while being vectored to intercept the localizer during night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Contributing to the accident was the…

## Other reports on N732EJ (1)

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

- [Accident 19761010032189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761010032189A), Oct 10, 1976: Cessna 210L (N732EJ), Pueblo, CO, Substantial damage. Passed fuel stops enroute.

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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