# Accident 20201220020629A: Cessna 210L, Midway, GA, December 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2020, 20:11 local time
- Place: Midway, GA
- Airport: Eagle Neck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7185° N, 81.3193° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7185&lon=-81.3193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2246S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2246S-2022-11-05) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201220020629A

## Narrative

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

ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 20, 2020 A PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED OUT OF

SWAINSBORO, GA (KSBO) AT APPROX. 19:40 HEADED SOUTHEAST FOR EAGLE NECK

AIRPORT (1GAO) SHELLMAN BLUFF, GA. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE FOR

IFR, THE PILOT WAS IFR RATED. ADS-B SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT HEADED SOUTHEAST.

THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED AND MAINTAINED BETWEEN 2,000-2,500 FT MSL DURING

CRUISE, AND AT ABOUT 8 PM BEGAN DESCENDING, CONTINUING SE BOUND UNTIL

JUST NORTH OF SEABROOK, GA, WHEN THE AIRPLANE TURNED RIGHT BRIEFLY, THEN

BACK TO THE LEFT AND CONTINUING SE BOUND UNTIL TRACK DATA WAS LOST AT

ABOUT 8:11 PM. THE FINAL TRACK DATA WAS APPROXIMATELY COINCIDENT WITH THE

ACCIDENT SITE, AND THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4.98 NM NNE OF THE

INTENDED DESTINATION OF (1GA0)

## 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 ERA21LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA085), Dec 21, 2020: Cessna 210L (N2246S), Midway, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pressure to…

## Other reports on N2246S (1)

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

- [Incident 20170708012179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170708012179I), Jul 8, 2017: Cessna 210L (N2246S), Ossabaw Island, GA, No damage. Departed 1GAO flying VFR to khxd. Upon receiving flight following from ATC at 2500', engine began to shake violently followed by excessive smoke in the cabin.…

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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