- Date
- October 2, 1990, 20:31 local (Oct 3, 1990, 02:31 UTC)
- Place
- Gypsum, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6477NCessna T210N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901002043939A
- Case key
- 18003
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Probable cause
The pilot flying into known adverse icing and thunderstorm weather conditions which resulted in the loss of control of the aircraft.
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
The pilot received a weather briefing prior to filing an IFR flight plan. Thunderstorms and icing conditions prevailed along his intended route. During the flight ice formed on his aircraft in the vicinity of Gypsum, Colorado. The flight continued and eventually the pilot was unable to maintain control of the aircraft. It entered into a spin which continued until ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6477N
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063051
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Denver Air Center, Inc.
- Departed
- SGU · St. George, UT
- Destination
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,215 total · 27 in this make and model · 1,112 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- EGE, 5 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.