# Accident 20141024019199A: Cessna T210M, Bay City, WI, October 24, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2014, 14:45 local time
- Place: Bay City, WI
- Airport: Red Wing Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5881° N, 92.4147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5881&lon=-92.4147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761SU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761SU-2018-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 75 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141024019199A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS REPORTEDLY ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM LAND-O-LAKES, WI AIRPORT (LNL) TO HARTINGTON, NE (0B4).  THERE WAS NO RECORD OF A FLIGHT PLAN BEING FILED.  DEPARTURE TIME WAS REPORTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 13:15 CDT ON 10/24/2014.  FAMILY REPORTED THAT PILOT HAD NOT REACHED INTENDED DESTINATION ON 10/25/2014.  AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED BY CIVIL AIR PATROL AT APPROXIMATELY 18:00 CDT ON 10/25/2014 IN A FIELD ABOUT 3 MILES DUE EAST OF RED WING, MN AIRPORT (RGK).  AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A LOW ANGLE AND HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON AN APPROXIMATE 345 DEGREE HEADING.

## 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 CEN15FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA027), Oct 24, 2014: Cessna T210M (N761SU), Bay City, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot’s continued visual flight into instrument flight rules conditions, which resulted in an in-flight loss of control.

## Other reports on N761SU (1)

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

- [Accident 19850418015229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850418015229A), Apr 18, 1985: Cessna T210N (N761SU), Denton, TX, Substantial damage. Struck culvert during wheels up forced landing due to fuel exhaustion. Unable to locate destination airport.

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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