# NTSB SEA83FA037: Cessna T210N, N5370Y, Portland, OR, January 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 5, 1983, 21:03 local (Jan 6, 1983, 05:03 UTC)
- Place: Portland, OR
- Coordinates: 45.550365, -122.560737 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5504&lon=-122.5607&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39591
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83FA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39591/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA037

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - normal
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - self-induced pressure, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF A HILL DURING A DESCENT. THE PILOT HAD CANCELED HIS IFR CLEARANCE AND RADAR SERVICES WERE TERMINATED AND A FREQUENCY CHANGE WAS APPROVED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING BENEATH THE CLOUDS TOWARD THE HILL WITH WHICH IT COLLIDED. THE WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE AND SEEING THE ACFT ENTER CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY THE NOISE OF AN EXPLOSION. THE WEATHER WAS IMC. THERE WERE NO OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES REPORTED OR NOTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5370Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064186
- Airframe hours: 894
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Aar Western Skyways, Inc.
- Registered owner: Paul F. Dickerson, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 17, 1982, 49 hours before
- Departed: S03, ASHLAND, OR
- Destination: TTD, TROUTDALE, OR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: TTD, Portland-Troutdale

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 5,150 total, 1,198 in this make and model, 4,941 as pilot in command, 194 in the last 90 days, 67 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft broken
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PDX, 3 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 19830105001989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830105001989A), Jan 5, 1983: Cessna T210N, Portland, OR, Destroyed. Cancelled IFR. Attempted VFR to local airport. Impacted fog shrouded rocky butte in level cruise flight.

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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