# NTSB SEA83FA044: Cessna P210N, N5162W, Burns, OR, January 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 21, 1983, 20:05 local (Jan 22, 1983, 04:05 UTC)
- Place: Burns, OR
- Location: 43.5494° N, 118.9430° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from BURNS MUNI (BNO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5494&lon=-118.9430&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39596
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83FA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39596/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83FA044

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS ON A BANK-CHECK COURIER FLT FROM TROUTDALE TO PORTLAND, WITH EN ROUTE STOPS AT BURNS & REDMOND, OR. ROUTINELY, THE ACFT WOULD DEPART TROUTDALE BETWEEN 0900 & 0930 & ARRIVE AT BURNS AT 1130 TO 1200 LOCAL TIME. AFTER A GROUND TIME OF APRX 8 HRS, IT NORMALLY WOULD DEPART BURNS BETWEEN 1930 & 2000 LOCAL TIME. THE PLT WAS OBSERVED REMOVING SNOW FROM THE ACFT'S WING BEFORE TAKING OFF. AT APRX 2000 PST, THE PLT TOOK OFF ON RWY 12. AN IFR FLT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED, BUT WAS NOT ACTIVATED. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THERE WERE MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS, REDUCING VISIBILITY WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS, WIND CALM TO LIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ACFT CRASHED ON FLAT, SNOW COVERED, UNCULTIVATED LAND APRX 3 MI SOUTHEAST OF THE ARPT. THE IMPACT OCCURRED ON A WEST NORTHESTERLY HEADING. A PROP BLADE WAS FOUND AT THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT & THE WRECKAGE WAS SCATTERED OVER AN AREA APRX 475 FT LONG. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE WAS MADE, BUT NO PRE-IMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5162W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5162W-1991-11-26), registration cancelled 1991-11-26, S/N P21000647 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 375
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520P 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Aar Western Skyways, Inc.
- Registered owner: Boyd Hawley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 7, 1983, 32 hours before
- Departed: BNO, BURNS, OR
- Destination: RDM, REDMOND, OR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BNO, Burns Municipal, runway 12, 5,100 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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: 16,389 total, 16,300 as pilot in command, 219 in the last 90 days, 62 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 30 °F

## 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 19830121002649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830121002649A), Jan 21, 1983: Cessna P210N, Burns, OR, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff. MVFR conditions existed at time of departure.

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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