- Date
- November 20, 1981
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4823CCessna T210
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811120078939A
- Case key
- 123142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3406 81/11/20 CHARLESTON,WV CESSNA T210 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 717 TIME - 1901 N4823C PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 384 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERIDIAN,MS CHARLESTON,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: VACUUM SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COPILOT - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 36 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- VACUUM PUMP,MODEL 442CW-8,SR 7E127,FAILED,403HRS.VANES SHOWED TIP AND FLANK WEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4823C
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kanawha
N4823CRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Cessna T210NAirframe modelCessna T210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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