# NTSB FTW83FA142: Cessna 210-5, N8270Z, Orange Grove, TX, March 4, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 4, 1983, 05:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place: Orange Grove, TX
- Coordinates: 27.950366, -97.930831 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9504&lon=-97.9308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20708
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83FA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20708/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA142

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, cruise
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE DEPARTED HEBBRONVILLE MUNI ARPT AT ABOUT 0500 CST. WHEN THE ACFT FAILED TO ARRIVE AT ITS DESTINATION, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND WHERE IT CRASHED IN AN AREA OF MESQUITE TREES & BRUSH, ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE DEPARTURE POINT & THE DESTINATION. AN EXAM OF THE CRASH SITE REVEALED THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE IN ABOUT A 15 DEG RIGHT BANK, SLIGHTLY NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. ABOUT 5 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST, THE 0559 CST ALICE WX WAS: MEASURED 600 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 3 MI WITH FOG. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8270Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8270Z-2014-11-19), registration cancelled 2014-11-19, S/N 205-0270, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (registry code 2073404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 205-0270
- Airframe hours: 4031
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Antonio Garcia Moreno
- Registered owner: San Jack Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 03XS, HEBBRONVILLE, TX
- Destination: 3R0, BEEVILLE, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft overcast
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ALI, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830304008539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830304008539A), Mar 4, 1983: Cessna 2105, Orange Grove, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed into trees during a period of bad weather. No witnesses to accident.

## Other investigations on N8270Z (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 FTW72DPD37](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72DPD37), Apr 15, 1972: Cessna 205 (N8270Z), Abilene, TX, 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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