# NTSB CHI85FA158: Cessna T210N, N9596Y, Ravenna, OH, April 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1985, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: Ravenna, OH
- Coordinates: 41.149002, -81.240821 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1490&lon=-81.2408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85FA158
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12827/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA158

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, missed approach (ifr)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - elevator trim - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - improper use of procedure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9596Y-2013-09-17), registration cancelled 2013-09-17, S/N 21064556, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064556
- Airframe hours: 933
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850411015959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850411015959A), Apr 11, 1985: Cessna T210N, Ravenna, OH, Destroyed. Lost control during execution of missed approach and impacted ground. Complex aircraft experience minimal.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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