- Date
- December 28, 1981
- Place
- Gunnison, CO · GUNNISON, CO
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N732RNCessna T210M
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811228084179A
- Case key
- 122667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3647 81/12/28 NR.GUNNISON,CO CESSNA T210M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1307 TIME - 1115 N732RN PX- 0 2 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUNNISON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALHART,TX GUNNISON,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 13 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICE REMARKS- BCM LOST AFT ENCTRG STG WNDS.RADAR IDENT NR ALAMOSA,CO,CONTD TO GUNNISON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732RN
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gunnison County
N732RNRegistration cancelled May 7, 2013 · Cessna T210MAirframe modelCessna T210MEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.