- Date
- May 6, 1983, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Socorro, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4796Cessna 210B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 20895
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
Weather condition - unfavorable windFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Shortly after liftoff, at about 10 ft AGL & 95 mph in level flt, the plt found the controls 'ineffective.' The acft impacted at full power in a crab & bounced back into the air. The acft still would not climb & the plt lowered the nose to gain airspeed. The acft impacted a mound of rocks causing it to nose over & come to rest inverted. There is a mountain west of the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4796
- Reported as
- Cessna 210B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058048
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- E02 · Odessa, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ONM · Socorro Municipal, runway 33, 4,796 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 257 total · 200 in this make and model · 215 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F