# NTSB MKC84FA014: Cessna 210M, N732SB, Greensburg, KS, November 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 5, 1983, 20:05 local (Nov 6, 1983, 02:05 UTC)
- Place: Greensburg, KS
- Coordinates: 37.599372, -99.29 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5994&lon=-99.2900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33501
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FA014
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33501/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA014

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - approach aids - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,rotating beacon - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - misc eqpt/furnishings,seat belt - not engaged
  - seat belt - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - misc eqpt/furnishings,shoulder harness - not engaged
  - miscellaneous equipment - not used (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AT 1619 CST, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT CALLED THE DODGE CITY FSS & REQUESTED THE CURRENT DODGE CITY WX. HE WAS GIVEN THE CURRENT & FORCASTED WX. HE TOOK OFF AT 1825 & AT 1846, HE CALLED THE LA JUNTA RADIO & REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON THE DODGE CITY WX AS WELL AS THE GARDEN CITY WX. HE WAS GIVEN THE CURRENT WX, WHICH WAS VFR IN THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT IFR OR MINUMUM VFR CONDITIONS WERE FORCASTED. IN OTHER WX UPDATES, HE WAS ADVISED OF A LINE OF CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF GARDEN CITY & DODGE CITY & OF A PIREP OF LOW CEILINGS IN THE DODGE CITY AREA. AT APRX 2000. THE ACFT WASOBSERVED TO FLY OVER THE ARPT & TURN LEFT. REPORTEDLY, THE TOP OF A 400 FT ANTENNA WAS NOT VISIBLE AT THAT TIME. WHEN THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE, A SEARCH WAS BEGUN. IT WAS FOUND WHERE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEFT WING LOW, SLIGHTLY NOSEDOWN ATTITUDE, AT APRX THE AREA FOR A TURN TO BASE LEG, FOR A LANDING ON RWY 17. THE GEAR & FLAPS WERE EXTENDED. NO PREIMPACT FAILURE WAS EVIDENT. NO ROTATING BEACON OR APCH AID FOR THE ARPT. SHOULDER HARNESSES/PLT'S SEAT BELT, UNUSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N732SB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732SB-1986-09-11), registration cancelled 1986-09-11, S/N 21061728 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Registry model: [Cessna 210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (registry code 2073450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21051728
- Airframe hours: 2071
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L3A 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Crawford A. Barber
- Registered owner: Celco Inc. Of America
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 2, 1983, 121 hours before
- Departed: COS, COLORADO SPRING, CO
- Airport: 8K7, Paul Windle, runway 17, 2,580 × 300 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,861 total, 115 in this make and model, 1,796 as pilot in command, 88 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft overcast
- Temperature: 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831105059279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831105059279A), Nov 5, 1983: Cessna 210M, Greensburg, KS, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Lost control circling to land at dark night low ceiling and no ground reference lights. Light rain and fog in area.

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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