- Date
- May 18, 1984, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4772KCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840518062879A
- Case key
- 24267
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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
As part of an experimental test flt in the turbine powered acft, intentional spins were performed. The planned one turn spin evolved into a flat spin. Recovery procedures were ineffective and the plt elected to deploy the anti-spin parachute. Despite repeated efforts by the pilot, the anti-spin parachute would not open. Descending out of control through 7000 ft, the plt successfully egressed from the acft & parachuted safely to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4772K
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000303
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-135, 750 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Advance Aircraft Corp
- Registered owner
- Drew & Henrikson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- CRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Destination
- CRQ
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
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21,260 total · 302 in this make and model · 21,000 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.