- Date
- November 20, 1983, 09:31 local (17:31 UTC)
- Place
- Grass Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7434ECessna 210
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831120058529A
- Case key
- 23908
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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
During arrival, the plt was cleared for a vor-a apch to the Nevada county arpt. The apch controller advised the plt that he had failed to issue the required radar info for the final apch fix & instructed the plt to initiate a missed apch. Radar contact with the acft was lost when it was 1/2 mi east of the arpt, at 3500, on a westerly heading. Subsequently, it crashed 1/8 mi south of the arpt at an elevation of about 2900 ft. an exam revealed the acft had crashed while in a steep nose down attitude on wooded terrain. No evidence of any preimpact failure of the airframe or powerplant was found. Witnesses who heard the acft fly over the arpt stated that it was snowing moderately & they estimated the surface visibility was 1/2 mi.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7434E
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57134
- Airframe hours
- 2,660
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles J. Swift
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 22, 1983 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 017 · Nevada County, runway 7, 3,920 × 50 ft
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,674 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRY, 27 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.
Other investigations on N7434E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.