# NTSB SEA84FA101: Cessna T210M, N761PW, East Sound, WA, December 8, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 7, 1983, 20:35 local (Dec 8, 1983, 04:35 UTC)
- Place: East Sound, WA
- Coordinates: 48.619464, -122.869422 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6195&lon=-122.8694&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): 39802
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39802/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA101

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - vfr procedures - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH STEEPLY UPSLOPING TERRAIN ALONG THE NE SIDE OF ORCAS ISLAND. THE PLT HAD BEEN REPORTEDLY FLYING THROUGHOUT THE PUGET SOUND/PACIFIC NW AREA FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS & WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE TERRAIN & ASSOCIATED WX. SEVERAL PLTS LOCATED IN OR FLYING NEAR THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS REPORTED METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS CHARACTERIZED BY LOW SOLID OVERCAST CEILINGS & RAIN. A PORTABLE TAPE RECORDER WAS FOUND WHICH CONTAINED A 30 MIN CASSETTE. THE RECORD/ PLAYBACK BUTTONS WERE DEPRESSED. THE TAPE CONSISTED OF ABOUT 75% MUSIC & 25% DICTATION DEALING WITH INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PLT & OTHER PERSONNEL INVOLVED WITH A BUSINESS THAT THE PLT HAD JUST TERMINATED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH. NUMEROUS NAVIGATIONAL FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N761PW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761PW-2015-05-19), registration cancelled 2015-05-19, S/N 21062419 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062419
- Airframe hours: 1299
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gary V. Provonsha
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 22, 1982, 170 hours before
- Departed: BLI, BILLINGHAM, WA
- Destination: S19, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Night/dark
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Temperature: 36 °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 19831207061859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831207061859A), Dec 7, 1983: Cessna T210M, East Sound, WA, Destroyed. Impact on heavily wooded steep rising terrain at 900 ft asl. Dark night light rain and ceiling about 800 feet asl.

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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