- Date
- July 8, 1979
- Place
- Highlands, NC · HIGHLANDS, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6916RCessna T210
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133749
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3496 79/7/8 HIGHLANDS,NC CESSNA T210 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1105 N6916R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 59, 21700 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1389 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEARWATER,FL CULLOWHEE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT COLLIDED W MTN SIDE IN LVL FLT.RECOVERY DATE 11/07/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6916R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jackson County
N6916RRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 2012 · Cessna T210HAirframe modelCessna T210HEngine modelContinental GTSIO-520-C
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