# NTSB SEA84FA223: Cessna T210M, N191WB, Skamania, WA, September 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1984, 18:50 local (Sep 8, 1984, 01:50 UTC)
- Place: Skamania, WA
- Coordinates: 45.699214, -121.720939 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6992&lon=-121.7209&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39828
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84FA223
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39828/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84FA223

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, unknown
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, descent - uncontrolled
  - design stress limits of aircraft - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - wing - overload
  - wing - separation
  - horizontal stabilizer surface - separation
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

A WITNESS, LOCATED 3 MI SE OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, REPORTED HEARING THE ACFT 'REV UP TO A SCREAM FOLLOWED BY A CRASH THAT SOUNDED LIKE A MINIATURE SONIC BOOM.' THE ACFT CONTACTED THE TERRAIN IN AN UNCONTROLLEDD DESCENT AT AN ELEV OF 2100 FT MSL. INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND LEFT WING HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. THE SEPARATED OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE LEFT WING WAS NOT LOCATED. METALLURGICAL EXAM OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE LEFT WING SPAR DISCLOSED A FAILURE 'TYPICAL OF OVERSTRESS.' THE NEAREST WX REPORTING STATION, TROUTDALE, OR, LOCATED 13 NM SW OF THE ACCIDENT LOCATION AT AN ELEV OF 30 FT MSL HAD A 1845 PDT OBSERVATION OF: 2500 FT SCATTERED, E4000 FT OVERCAST WITH 20 SM VIVIBILITY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N191WB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N191WB-1995-04-24), registration cancelled 1995-04-24, S/N 21062168 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna 210C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210c) (registry code 2073412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062168
- Airframe hours: 1535
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R1A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: R.J. Frank, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 1984, 68 hours before
- Departed: PDT, PENDLETON, OR
- Destination: 60S, VANCOUVER, WA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, expired; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 467 total, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TTD

## 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 19840907049859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840907049859A), Sep 7, 1984: Cessna T210M, Skamania, WA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Near vertical exit from clouds and ground impact. Engine heard at high RPM. Portion of wing and stablizer not found

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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