# Accident 20181102021409A: Cessna 210, Bradley, SD, November 2, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2018, 11:36 local time
- Place: Bradley, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1086° N, 97.6944° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1086&lon=-97.6944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81KD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81KD-2019-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN19FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181102021409A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 2, 2018, ABOUT 1136 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 210N AIRPLANE, N81KD, WAS DESTROYED AFTER IMPACTING TERRAIN NEAR BRADLEY, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF PART 91.

DAY INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHICH DEPARTED ABOUT 1115 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN FROM CLARK COUNTY AIRPORT (8D7), CLARK, SOUTH DAKOTA, WITH A DESTINATION OF SIGURD ANDERSON AIRPORT, (1D7), WEBSTER, SOUTH DAKOTA.  ACCORDING TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DATA, THE PILOT DEPARTED SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL AIRPORT (FSD), SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, WITH A DESTINATION OF HIS HOME AIRPORT AT 1D7. DUE TO POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 1D7, THE PILOT DIVERTED TO 8D7 AND LANDED THERE ABOUT 0940.

AT 1108, DURING TAXI OUT AT 8D7, THE PILOT PHONED A FRIEND TO ASK ABOUT WEATHER CONDITIONS CLOSER TO 1D7. AFTER HIS FRIEND STATED THAT LOW OVERCAST CLOUDS EXISTED AT HIS LOCATION, THE PILOT DEPARTED 8D7 AND FLEW TOWARD 1D7, ABOUT 40 MILES AWAY.

A WITNESS NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE, WHICH WAS MIDWAY BETWEEN 8D7 AND 1D7, HEARD "AN AIRPLANE THAT SEEMED TO CLIMB AND DESCEND TWICE, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD NOISE". THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A FARM AREA WITH A STEEP NOSE-DOWN ANGLE AND A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED.

## 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 CEN19FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19FA021), Nov 2, 2018: Cessna 210 (N81KD), Bradley, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's improper decision to conduct a flight in which instrument meteorological conditions existed along the route of flight, which resulted in spatial disorientation and 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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