- Date
- July 2, 1973
- Place
- Pleasant Lake, IN · PLEASANT LAKE, IN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N20EACessna T210J
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730702035429A
- Case key
- 188950
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3000 73/7/2 PLEASANT LAKE,IND CESSNA T210J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1622 N20EA PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 26, 1539 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 19 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRAVERSE CITY,MICH HENDERSON,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS HAIL, RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLEW INTO SEVERE TSTM. L WG & TAIL SEPARATED. IMPACTED IN TRAILER PARK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20EA
- Reported as
- Cessna T210J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N20EA · 1
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