- Date
- September 22, 1984, 01:10 local (06:10 UTC)
- Place
- Colleyville, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N761LRCessna T210M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840922050329A
- Case key
- 21150
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Analysis
Plt and wife had flown to dallas (addison arpt) and spent evening with friends. Return flt initiated after midnight intolow clng and drizzle, about 12 mins later, wife contacted dallas (love fld) twr on emerg freq 121.5 and reported plt was sick and unable to control acft. Twr coordinated with ARTCC for radar assistance and attempted to vector the acft todallas-ft worth arpt (dfw), about 4 miles south. Wife reported 'can't see a thing.' For aprx 18 minutes efforts to bringthe acft over dfw continued, with arpt lighting at full intensity. Acft was instructed to make a shallow left turn toward dfw and radar contact was lost shortly thereafter. Investigation revealed acft collided with terrain in a nose low, left-wing-down attitude. Autopsy (plt) showed evidence of two previous myocardial infractions and severe occlusive coronary atherosclerosis. Relative reported wife had a few hours of dual flt time but was not a plt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761LR
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062345
- Engine
- Continental TSIO 520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gulf American Resoures, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1984 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- ADS · Addison, TX
- Destination
- F39 · Sherman, TX
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 1,550 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 20 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.