# NTSB MKC89FA007: Cessna T210F, N6191R, Rogers, AR, October 21, 1988 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report - Date: October 20, 1988, 19:30 local (Oct 21, 1988, 00:30 UTC) - Place: Rogers, AR - Coordinates: 36.329204, -94.130149 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3292&lon=-94.1301&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 2 fatal - Status: Completed, report June 18, 1990 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 34664 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC89FA007 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34664/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89FA007 ## 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 In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight encounter with weather, approach - light condition - dark night (contributing factor) - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor) - weather condition - fog (contributing factor) - weather condition - drizzle/mist (contributing factor) - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor) - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause) - Loss of control - in flight, unknown - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (contributing factor) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6191R-1989-08-16), registration cancelled 1989-08-16, S/N T2100091 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA T210F - Registry model: [Cessna T210F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (registry code 2073422) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 0091 - Airframe hours: 1811 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19881020046979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881020046979A), Oct 20, 1988: Cessna T210F, Rogers, AR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. VFR pilot tried to land at night in dense fog. Hit trees near airport. Was advised weather bad but proceeded anyway ## Other investigations on N6191R (2) 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. - [NTSB CHI74DEV28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEV28), Nov 17, 1973: Cessna T210F (N6191R), Peoria, IL, substantial damage - [NTSB MIA73FLA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLA34), Apr 22, 1973: Cessna 210F (N6191R), Lake City, FL, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.