- Date
- December 15, 1982, 18:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Defiance, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N297EBCessna T210
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821215067039A
- Case key
- 70432
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Weather condition - below approach/landing minimumsFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperFactor
Ifr procedure - improperCause
Minimum descent altitude - not maintainedCause
Analysis
Aircraft crashed during non-precision approach in weather that was below minimums for that type of approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N297EB
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T21062305
- Airframe hours
- 1,325
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Custom Air Transport,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Custom Air Transport,Inc.
- Departed
- C · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- C · Defiance, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DFI · Defiance Memorial, runway 12, 4,196 × 72 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 108 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.