- Date
- June 3, 1987, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Arnett, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5488ACessna P210R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870603018349A
- Case key
- 22436
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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.
Analysis
The flt departed baton rouge (btr) for the plts stated dest of alexandria, which was 78 miles on a bearing of 301 deg, at 0836 CDT. After dep the btr local area there was no radio contact with any ATC facility. The transponder continued to transmit a code 1200 until radar contact was lost at 1145:32 CDT. Impact occurred during a power-off uncontrolled descent aprx 3 hrs and 24 min after takeoff about 310 deg and 520 nautical miles from btr. There were no deviations from that course. Only a trace of unusable fuel was found in the wreckage with none discovered in fuel lines. Line of sight distance calculations from ATC sites revealed that the acft achieved an altitude of at least 12,800 ft. acft speed changes from recorded radar data and performance info from the manufacturer indicated that the acft climbed to an alt of aprx 18,685 ft MSL. The cabin pressurization switch was found in the off position and onboard oxygen was not utilized.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5488A
- Reported as
- Cessna P210R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000858
- Airframe hours
- 500
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-LE, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Butch Baum And Associates Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1987 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Destination
- ESF · Alexandria, 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GAG, 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.