- Date
- December 30, 1983, 09:28 local (14:28 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N761HZCessna 210M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831230065009A
- Case key
- 30962
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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
At 1926 the plt was cleared for the LOC bc arch for rwy 27R. At 1927 the acft acknowledged a clearance to land. 10 secs later the radar target disappeared. The plt was rescued at 2050 from the waters of the atlantic ocean about 1 mioff the Beach at West Palm Beach. The acft was not recovered & the 3 pax are are missing. The plt stated that he crossedthe faf (keach intersection) at 900 ft. minimum altitude at the faf is 1,600 ft. this was the last time the plt recalls looking at the altimeter. He remembers looking outside & below the acft & seeing a cloud layer. He also remembers thinking tha the ATIS wx was reported at 500 ft overcast & that by descending below this layer he should break out of the clouds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761HZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062282
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald J. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CHS · Charleston, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PBI · Palm Beach Intl, runway 27R, 7,789 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 15 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 4 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.