- Date
- June 3, 1991, 06:58 local (11:58 UTC)
- Place
- Colorado City, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N777DHCessna 210M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910603019159A
- Case key
- 18025
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Probable cause
The pilot continuing flight into known adverse weather conditions and exceeding the design stress limits of the aircraft. Factors were: thunderstorm, updrafts and the pilot's disregard of the weather briefing.
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 obtained a standard weather briefing which called for thunderstorms along his intended route from forth worth-hicks airport to the midland airpark. The last contact with the pilot was when he reported being in a strong updraft but encountering no turbulence. Evidence indicates the airplane broke up in flight. A sheriff's deputy reported that at the time of the accident, it was raining so hard he hto park alongside the highway and wait for it to subside.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777DH
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061840
- Airframe hours
- 2,474
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-1-3A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy D. Bailes
- Registered owner
- Roy D. Bailes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1990 · 605 hours before
- Departed
- T67 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- MDD · Midland, TX
- Flight plan
- 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 740 total · 26 in this make and model · 652 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 49 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.