- Date
- January 19, 1986, 06:25 local (12:25 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, NE
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5961FCessna 210H
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860119001579A
- Case key
- 34058
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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
The plt of N5961F received a wx brf about 40 min before the acdt for a VFR flt from Fremont to cheyenne. The 3 reporting stations nearest to Fremont were IFR and local authorities who helped search for the acdt site reported low clouds and haze. There were no witnesses to the crash but residents near the acdt site heard the loud roar of acft eng that ended with a crashing sound. A motorist who was w of the acdt site heading e reported that he saw a light descending from n to s at about a 45 deg angle to the horizon at about the time of the acdt. It was dark at the time of the acdt. The wreckage was found beneath a large hole in the ice of a lake located 2 mi w of the dept arpt. Exam of the wreckage did not reveal evidence of mech failure or deficiency.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5961F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058961
- Airframe hours
- 4,628
- Engine
- Continental IO-520A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Shawn W. Brady And Duane Bell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1985 · 137 hours before
- Destination
- California, CA
- Airport
- FET · Fremont Muni
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 483 total · 99 in this make and model · 403 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 32 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.