# NTSB FTW79FA052: Cessna 210G, N687ST, Jennings, LA, February 23, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 23, 1979
- Place: Jennings, LA · JENNINGS, LA
- Location: 30.2240° N, 92.6583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jennings, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2240&lon=-92.6583&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 17, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137522
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW79FA052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0499  79/2/23    JENNINGS,LA         CESSNA 210G         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             STUDENT, AGE 28, UNK/NR
        TIME - 0553                    N687ST              PX-  0  0  0  OTHER                     TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JENNINGS MUNICIPL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JENNINGS,LA                UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1/2 MILE OR LESS                                         NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       65
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          170                                                       9
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- DRUG FLIGHT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N687ST](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N687ST-2013-05-02), registration cancelled 2013-05-02, S/N T210-0274, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- Registry model: [Cessna T210G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210g) (registry code 2073432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Jennings Municipl

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790223005859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790223005859A), Feb 23, 1979: Cessna 210G, Jennings, LA, Destroyed. Student pilot took off at night into adverse weather, crashed in a near vertical attitude at high airspeed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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