# NTSB FTW84LA416: Cessna 210N, N6500Y, Plaquemine, LA, January 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1984, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place: Plaquemine, LA
- Coordinates: 30.279932, -91.239479 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2799&lon=-91.2395&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): 21484
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA416
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21484/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA416

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, cruise
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - soft

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6500Y-1985-08-07), registration cancelled 1985-08-07, S/N 21064411 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Registry model: [Cessna 210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (registry code 2073453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064411
- Airframe hours: 1121
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840110040969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840110040969A), Jan 10, 1984: Cessna 210N, Gonzales, LA. Aircraft reported missing with pilot presumed fatality and aircraft destroyed.

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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