- Date
- February 28, 1979
- Place
- Lavina, MT · LAVINA, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6995NCessna T210P
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790228042709A
- Case key
- 137534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0594 79/2/28 NR.LAVINA,MT CESSNA T210P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 2782 TIME - 1905 N6995N PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREAT FALLS,MT RAPID CITY,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCOMPLETE WEATHER REPORT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.REPORTED IN TURBULENCE PRIOR TO MISHAP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6995N
- Reported as
- Cessna T210P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6995NRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Cessna T210NAirframe modelCessna T210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.