# Accident 20170325001309A: Cessna T210L, Hayden, AL, March 25, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2017, 14:25 local time
- Place: Hayden, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9092° N, 86.7328° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9092&lon=-86.7328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6563D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6563D-2018-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170325001309A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 25, 2017, N6563D DEPARTED KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA (ISM) FOR A DESTINATION OF JACKSON, TENNESSEE (MKL). DURING THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAUSING AN IN-FLIGHT SEPARATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WINGS FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT CAUSED FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS.

## 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 ERA17FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA136), Mar 25, 2017: Cessna T210 (N6563D), Hayden, AL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue the flight into known adverse weather conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of airplane control and in-flight breakup.

## Other reports on N6563D (1)

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

- [Incident 20101122052709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101122052709I), Nov 22, 2010: Cessna T210L (N6563D), Memphis, TN, Minor damage. The pilot operating the aircraft forgot to select the gear down and subsequently landed the aircraft on runway 18L with the gear up. The pilot stated a…

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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