# NTSB MIA72AM073: Cessna 210B, N9715X, Semmes, AL, January 23, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 23, 1972
- Place: Semmes, AL · SEMMES, AL
- Location: 30.7978° N, 88.2497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Semmes, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7978&lon=-88.2497&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165290
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72AM073
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72AM073

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0252  72/1/23    SEMMES,ALA          CESSNA 210B         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 484
        TIME - 1931                    N9715X              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PANAMA CITY,FLA             MOBILE,ALA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  500
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
          FOG                                                      180
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           10                                                      IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- DEP APRX 1400,CONT IFR WX,REQ & RCV CLRNCE ILS APCH.NO APCH PL OB,HIT GND IN STEEP NS DN ATT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9715X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9715X-1972-03-24), registration cancelled 1972-03-24, S/N 21058015, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- Registry model: [Cessna 210B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (registry code 2073410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bates Field

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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