- Date
- March 31, 1984, 19:05 local (Apr 1, 1984, 01:05 UTC)
- Place
- Beaumont, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8150ZCessna 210-5(205)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840331012339A
- Case key
- 21110
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was flown into IMC wx after the flt had been advised by the wx service that VFR flt was barely feasible. No wx briefing by FAA was recorded & no flt plan was filed. The accident occurred during the hrs of darkness. A witness near the accident site observed an acft thru breaks in the clouds which appeared to be flying under control on top of the clouds or in between layers of clouds. A loud sound was heard and the acft was seen to fall out of a solid upper cloud layer for about 300-500 ft before disappearing into a lower cloud layer. Separated component of the left & rt wings of the acft were located over a mile from the main wreckage impact crater. The plts log did not contain any history of hooded or instrument flt. No medical or mechanical discrepancies of a causal nature were found during the post accident investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8150Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 210-5(205)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 205-0150
- Airframe hours
- 1,888
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard C.Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 26, 1983 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- ACT · Waco, TX
- Destination
- LFT · Lafayette, LA
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
- 21
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 201 total · 201 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BPT, 12 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.
Other investigations on N8150Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.