- Date
- April 22, 1979
- Place
- Tahoe City, CA · TAHOE CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6721BCessna T210M
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790422022259A
- Case key
- 136303
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1231 79/4/22 NR.TAHOE CITY,CA CESSNA T210M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 418 TIME - 1433 N6721B PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH LAKE TAHOE,CA CAMARILLO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 150 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 275 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE:4/24/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6721B
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6721BRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Cessna T210MAirframe modelCessna T210MEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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