- Date
- October 20, 1988, 19:30 local (Oct 21, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rogers, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6191RCessna T210F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881020046979A
- Case key
- 34664
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Probable cause
Continued flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and his failure to maintain aircraft control after becoming disoriented. Contributing factors were: dark night, low ceilings, fog, drizzle, obscuration, and failure of the pilot to divert to an alternate destination.
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 was on a VFR flt from wichita, KS to Rogers, AR. While en route, he contacted tulsa fss & obtained wx info. At that time, he was adzd that VFR flt was not recommended due to prevailing IFR wx in the area of his destn. However, the non-instrument rated plt elected to cont despite the warning. He arrived at the destn after dark & attempted to land. Witnesses near the arpt heard the acft fly over their homes, then heard it crash. A search was initiated & it was found aprx 1.5 mi south-southeast of the arpt. Initial impact was with trees as the acft was on a heading of 160 deg. There was evidence the acft was in a 50 deg right bank & a steep nose down attitude when it crashed. It was extensively dmgd drg impact. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft was found. Aprx 21 mi south-southeast at fayetteville, AR, the 1950 wx was in part: 600' obscured, 1 mi vis with fog & drizzle, wind from 180 deg at 8 KTS. Ethanol was found in the plt's kidney fluid & bile, but there was evidence of psbl decomposition or contamination of the samples.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6191R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0091
- Airframe hours
- 1,811
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- B & P Aero Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 28, 1988 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- ICT · Wichita, KS
- Destination
- ROG
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ROG · Rogers Muni-Carter Field, runway 19, 6,000 × 100 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,204 total · 160 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FYV, 21 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.
Other investigations on N6191R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.