- Date
- February 7, 1984, 08:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Sidney, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7399MCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840207061739A
- Case key
- 16198
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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
Richland flt #101, a bank check courier flt, departed VFR with 180 lbs of cargo. Six minutes prior to the crash, the last radio transmission from the acft was heard concerning a routine landing wx advisory. The acft crashed aprx 45 degs nose low, gear & flaps up in flat, open terrain. A 5 day history on the plt revealed that her food intake was erratic and that she was on a hectic schedule. Her food intake and amt of rest in the 24 hrs preceeding the accident is unknown.a relative stated that she was psychologically well adjusted. Concerning the wreckage, control continuity could not be confirmed due to fire damage. An examination of the engine did not reveal any evidence of a pre-impact malfunction. The following autopilot mode light bulbs had streched filaments: alt (upper), hdg (upper), fd (upper), VOR, nav (upper), ap (upper) and bc (upper). Lastly, an autopsy revealed that the radio microphone was in the plt's right hand at impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7399M
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,593
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Richland Aviation, doing business as Richard Aviation
- Registered owner
- Philip O. Petrick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · February 1, 1983 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- GDV · Glendive, MT
- Destination
- SDY · Sidney, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,486 total · 485 in this make and model · 1,315 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDY, 9 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.