- Date
- April 11, 1985, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenna, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9596YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850411015959A
- Case key
- 12827
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt departed port columbus uneventfully, flew for aprx 40 mins then shot a VOR apch to the mda at portage county. This fld does not have a wx reporting facility. The plt then performed a missed apch upon reaching mda. During the missed apch and after acknowledging two ATC radio calls, he dropped off radar at aprx 600 ft AGL. The acft crashed one mile from the fld, left of the normal missed apch ground track. A witness heard the eng running just prior to impact. An exam of the wreckage revealed nothing that would cause difficulty except an elevator jack-screw setting that would equate to nose down trim force. Damage to virtually all acft components was extensive. The plt earned his IFR rating 3 months prior to the accident, but claimed 33.6 hrs of actual IFR flying since his IFR checkout. He has 4.3 hrs logged in the Cessna 210. The radar equipped, turbocharged 310 HP Cessna 210 was the most complicated acft the plt was qualified to fly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9596Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064556
- Airframe hours
- 933
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ren'E F. Hartman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 31, 1985 · 76 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 29G · Portage County
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 360 total · 4 in this make and model · 301 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 150 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.