- Date
- December 2, 1980
- Place
- Tazewell, TN · TAZEWELL, TN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4846CCessna T210N
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801202090639A
- Case key
- 128094
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3630 80/12/2 NR.TAZEWELL,TN CESSNA T210N CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1283 TIME - 1008 N4846C PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 194 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEACHTREE CITY,GA MANSFIELD,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: VACUUM PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- VACUUM PUMP VANE FAILED,DRIVE SHAFT SHEARED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4846C
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4846CRegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2014 · Cessna T210NAirframe modelCessna T210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.