- Date
- March 12, 1985
- Place
- Eli, NE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6101UCessna T210R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850312038569A
- Case key
- 33825
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Analysis
There were no witnesses to the takeoff or the accident. A flt plan was not filed and no radar data on the flt was found. The owner of N6101U estimated the takeoff time to be 2130 CST, mar. 12 and the plt told the owner he was going to Utah. The wreckage of N6101U was found at 1500 CST, mar. 13 in a sparsley populated sandhill area of nw Nebraska. The accidentsite is 180 NM n of a direct route from the departure arpt and the probable destination. The main wreckage was scatteredover an area 400' x 150' se of an impact crater which was 3' deep and 10' in diameter. The left hinged window and the rudder were found between 1 and 2 mi s of the main wreckage. Meteorological conditions for the accident area for the evening of mar. 12 and early morning of mar. 13 included low clouds and snow showers. The plt had logged 18 hrs flt timein the past two years and 2 hours of instrument time in the last 6 months. No night time was logged during the last year.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6101U
- Reported as
- Cessna T210R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064900
- Airframe hours
- 20
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-CE, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Billings
- Registered owner
- Roger E. Billings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 13, 1985 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 31P
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 531 total · 24 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft unknown
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.