# Accident 20220715012379A: Cessna 210C, Shelby, MI, July 15, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2022, 18:31 local time
- Place: Shelby, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6230° N, 86.3035° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6230&lon=-86.3035&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3659Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3659Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210C (registry code 2073412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 266 total, 140 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220715012379A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 15, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 210C AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^REGISTERED UNDER A PARTNERSHIP AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES 1.5 SM SOUTH-EAST OF THE OCEANA COUNTY AIRPORT (C04) SHELBY, MICHIGAN. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND RAIN PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT AND SOLE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE OCEANA COUNTY AIRPORT (C04) APPROXIMATELY 4 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

IT IS BELIEVED THE PILOT WENT INTO UNINTENTIONAL IMC SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, BECAME DISORIENTED AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT NEVER ATTAINED AN ALTITUDE SUFFICIENT TO DEVELOP AN ADSB TRAIL.

IMPACT SCENE SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT TO BE HIGHLY FRAGMENTED IN A FORESTED AREA LESS THAN 25 YARDS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER?S RESIDENCE. IMPACT SITE WAS HIGHLY CONTAMINATED WITH BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL. TREE TRUNK SHEARING SHOWS THE IMPACT ANGLE TO BE 60-70 DEGREES NOSE DOWN. NO CONTROL CONTINUITY COULD BE ESTABLISHED, BUT THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND AT THE IMPACT SITE INDICATING NO INFLIGHT BREAKUP OCCURRED.

## 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 ERA22FA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA314), Jul 15, 2022: Cessna 210C (N3659Y), Shelby, MI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument rated pilot’s decision to commence the flight in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of airplane control.…

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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