# NTSB SEA71AS017: Cessna 210, N9628T, Spencer, ID, September 20, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 20, 1970
- Place: Spencer, ID · SPENCER, ID
- Location: 44.3678° N, 112.1843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spencer, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3678&lon=-112.1843&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 19, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177813
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA71AS017
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA71AS017

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2743  70/9/20  NR.SPENCER,ID         CESSNA 210          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 470
        TIME - 1937                    N9628T              PX-  1  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 219 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TOWNSEND,MONT               SALT LAKE CITY,UT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- LOW CLOUDS IN VCNTY.SPARSELY POPULATED,RELATIVELY UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.ACFT RCVRD 9/22/70.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9628T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9628T-2018-04-10), registration cancelled 2018-04-10, S/N 57428, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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