# NTSB SEA82FYA08: Cessna T210M, N761CP, Shoshone, ID, June 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: June 9, 1982, 21:53 local (Jun 10, 1982, 03:53 UTC)
- Place: Shoshone, ID
- Coordinates: 42.220413, -113.289741 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2204&lon=-113.2897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72616
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82FYA08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72616/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82FYA08

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - incapacitation(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A NEAR LEVEL ATTITUDE AND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. NEITHER THE SEAT BELT NOR SHOULDER HARNESS WAS FASTENED. THE PILOT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 236 MG%.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N761CP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761CP-2013-05-08), registration cancelled 2013-05-08, S/N 21062152, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062152
- Airframe hours: 861
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-524-R 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Gerald F. Chadbourne
- Registered owner: Gerald F. Chadbourne
- Departed: BURLEY, ID

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 5,400 total, 787 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 147 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820609021259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820609021259A), Jun 9, 1982: Cessna T210N, Shoshone, ID, Destroyed. Intoxicated pilot flew his aircraft into sagebrush-covered level ground at night. No ground lights. VFR pilot.

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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