# Accident 20210109000339A: Cessna 560, January 9, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2021, 13:30 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9962° N, 121.1376° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9962&lon=-121.1376&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D 5 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210109000339A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TROUTDALE AIRPORT (TTD) WITH PILOT ^OWNER AS ONLY PILOT/ OCCUPANT. ATC TAPES INDICATE PILOT WAS NOT FOLLOWING ATC INSTRUCTIONS WELL THROUGHOUT FLIGHT AND WHILE CLIMBING TO AN ASSIGNED ALTITUDE OF FL320, DESCENDED FROM FL310 WITH NO ARTCC COMMUNICATION IN A RIGHT TURN, STEEP SPIRALING DECENT UNTIL IMPACT WITH TERRAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 3100 MSL.

## 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 WPR21LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA082), Jan 9, 2021: Cessna 560 (N3RB), Warm Springs, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of airplane control due to pilot incapacitation for reasons that could not be determined.

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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