- Date
- May 25, 1984, 16:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Livingston, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2373FCessna 210E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840525018969A
- Case key
- 16387
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Analysis
While on a visual flight plan flight the non-instrument rated plt operated his unpressurized Cessna 210 above the clouds and up to an altitude of 16500 feet MSL. The plt stated that just after passing, 'crazy peak', he encountered extreme turbulence and the acft was sucked down into the clouds below. The plt stated that as the acft entered the clouds he retarded the engine power. Further he said that the acft started a steep descent and banked at least 90 degrees. The acft exited the clouds in an inverted spin at an altitude of about 10000 feet MSL. The acft was substantially damaged during this out-of-control sequence and subsequent spin recovery. The acft was flown to the destination where it landed uneventfully.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2373F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058573
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Centennial Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 15, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- LWT · Lewistown, 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,595 total · 409 in this make and model · 3,521 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVM, 20 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.