- Date
- January 10, 1984, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place
- Plaquemine, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6500YCessna 210N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840110040969A
- Case key
- 21484
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was found by a hunter crashed in a heavily wooded swamp area aprx 10 months after the acdnt. The sole body fnd was beyond a condition of testing for toxicology or autopsy. The body was identified as a plt who was supposed to meet the owner of the wrecked acft on the morning of 1/10/84 in baton rouge, LA. When the plt did not show up the acft owner proceeded to the babin arpt and declared the plt missing on 1/12/84 & stated that his acft was stolen. The acft & flt were the object of a search from 1/12 til 1/27. The acft was accidently found on 11/16/84. The wx on the acdnt nite was poor and classed as IMC with low ceiling of 200 ft & vis 3 miles in fog. The acft crashed about 25 miles west of the airport on a westerly heading. It was reported that the plt was seen drinking in two lounges prior to flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6500Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064411
- Airframe hours
- 1,121
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert P Hood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1983
- Departed
- 0LA2 · Gonzalez, LA
- Destination
- BTR · Baton Rouge, 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTR, 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.