- Date
- November 30, 1982, 22:22 local (Dec 1, 1982, 04:22 UTC)
- Place
- Sioux Falls, SD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4721PCessna P210
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821130064549A
- Case key
- 72627
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At 1915 while enroute the plt was advised that the destination wx was 100 ft obscured, 3/8 mi in fog. At 2140 the plt contacted approach control & was advised the wx was 100 ft obscured & 1/8 mi with an RVR for rwy 3 of 2,400 ft. he was cleared for an ILS rwy 3 approach & advised the RVR was now 1,600 ft. during the approach the plt was advised twice of being first right of course & then left of course. At about 2207 the plt executed a missed approach & at 2217 was cleared for a second approach. During the second approach the plt was again advised of going left of course. The acft crashed approximately 1,250 ft left of the localizer course & approximately 3,250 ft past the threshold to rwy 3.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4721P
- Reported as
- Cessna P210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000091
- Airframe hours
- 920
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert G. Ocheltree
- Registered owner
- Aviation County Club, Inc.
- Departed
- 3V5 · Ft. Collins, CO
- Destination
- YNG · Youngstown, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FSD · Joe Foss Field, runway 3, 8,999 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,128 total · 771 in this make and model · 976 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 99 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WSFO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.