# Accident 20201026018339A: Cessna 210, Lubbock, TX, October 26, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2020, 16:00 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5606° N, 101.8349° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5606&lon=-101.8349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9622T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9622T-2021-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201026018339A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 26, 2020, AT 1600 CDT, A CESSNA 210 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9622T, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AND WAS DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS NOT THE REGISTERED OWNER LISTED ON AIRCRAFT RECORDS THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE ACCIDENT PILOT PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH ICING PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FROM BELEN, NM TO CORSICANA, TX. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BELEN, NM ON OCTOBER 26, 2020, AT 1205 MDT.

## 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 CEN21LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA030), Oct 26, 2020: Cessna 210 (N9622T), Lubbock, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to fly into icing conditions with an airplane that was not equipped for icing, which led to structural icing and a subsequent loss of airplane control, and the pilot’s…

## Other reports on N9622T (2)

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

- [Incident 20200223002279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200223002279I), Feb 23, 2020: Cessna 210 (N9622T), Logan, UT, Minor damage. On 02/23/2020, the pilot went for a pleasure flight on returning to the airport the landing gear was extended. The main gear came out and locked with a thud.…
- [Accident 19740512015139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740512015139A), May 12, 1974: Cessna 210 (N9622T), Hyannis, NE, Substantial damage. Hit fence abt 600FT short of rwy.

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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