- Date
- April 7, 1980
- Place
- Sidney, NE · SIDNEY, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2120SCessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0739 80/4/7 NR.SIDNEY,NE CESSNA 210L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 880 TIME - 2112 N2120S PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAGE,OK SCOTTSBLUFF,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ALTIMETERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT TKOF W STUCK ALTM.ACFT CRASHED IN STEEP L BANK.WND GUSTING 30KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2120S
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2120SRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2012 · Cessna 210LAirframe modelCessna 210LEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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