# NTSB DEN66A0039: Cessna 210, N9633X, Payson, AZ, November 24, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 24, 1965
- Place: Payson, AZ · PAYSON, AZ
- Location: 34.2438° N, 111.3190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Payson, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2438&lon=-111.3190&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 18, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174975
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66A0039
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66A0039

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0979  65/11/24 NR.PAYSON ARIZ        CESSNA 210          CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 40, 686
        TIME - 1645                    N9633X              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 97 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         RAIN
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
           51                                                      CALM
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-11/25/65.PREIMPACT SEAT POSITION OF PILOTS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9633X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9633X-1966-01-27), registration cancelled 1966-01-27, S/N 21057933, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (registry code 2073410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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