# NTSB FTW82DA104: Cessna T210N, N6220C, Pampa, TX, March 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 27, 1982, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place: Pampa, TX
- Coordinates: 35.539962, -100.959419 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5400&lon=-100.9594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA104

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - wing - ice (cause)
  - proper altitude - not possible, pilot in command
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED ICING CONDITIONS AS HE GOT NEAR HIS DESTINATION AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING AND THE PLANE WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6220C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6220C-1990-01-24), registration cancelled 1990-01-24, S/N 21063833 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063833
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Dwayne E. Dunn
- Registered owner: Follett Flight Center
- Departed: GLS, GALVESTON, TX
- Destination: PPA, PAMPA, TX
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 302 total, 27 in this make and model, 183 as pilot in command, 54 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 200 ft overcast
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AMA, 60 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820327006149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820327006149A), Mar 27, 1982: Cessna T210N, Pampa, TX, Substantial damage. During IFR flight aircraft picked up ice and could not maintain altitude. Crash occurred during forced landing.

## Other investigations on N6220C (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX85LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA167), Mar 5, 1985: Cessna T210N (N6220C), Santa Barbara, CA, substantial damage

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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