- Date
- May 18, 1981
- Place
- Castle Rock, CO · CASTLE ROCK, CO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5137YCessna T210N
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810518026679A
- Case key
- 202510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3623 81/5/18 NR.CASTLE ROCK,CO CESSNA T210N CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 313 TIME - 1045 N5137Y PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 106 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMES,IA CASTLE ROCK,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CRASHED DRG ILS APCH.PLT HAD HISTORY OF IFR FLYING.STATED"...MY RNAV MADE A MISTAKE" BFR CRASH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5137Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arapahoe
N5137YRegistration cancelled Mar 25, 2013 · Cessna T210NAirframe modelCessna T210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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