Cessna T210L accident near Milford, UT
On May 7, 1995, a Cessna T210L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Milford, UT. 6 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 7, 1995
- Place
- Milford, UT
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.380°N, 112.930°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03554
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 7, 1995, approximately 1710 hours mountain daylight time, a Cessna T210L, N2115S, registered to and being flown by a private, instrument-rated pilot, was destroyed during an inflight collision with terrain during an uncontrolled descent. The aircraft had encountered icing while in cruise followed by a loss of control in flight during an attempted climb. The accident site was 38 nautical miles west southwest of Milford, Utah, and a post-crash fire destroyed much of the aircraft. The pilot, his wife, and four children sustained fatal injuries. Instrument meteorological conditions existed in the vicinity of the accident site, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was in effect. The aircraft had departed Provo, Utah, at 1546 en route to Visalia, California. The flight, which was personal, was to have been operated under 14CFR91. Approximately 1517, the pilot of N2115S contacted the Cedar City Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) via telephone and requested a weather briefing for an IFR flight from Provo to Visalia. The Air Traffic Control Specialist requested a proposed "OFF" time from Provo and the pilot responded "as soon as you can get me in the system, we're ready to go." The specialist subsequently provided a weather briefing, including AIRMET Sierra "for possible mountain obscurement through most of the way" and AIRMET Zulu "for occasional moderate rime ice or mixed icing in the clouds in precipitation between niner thousand and two zero thousand" (refer to ATTACHMENTS WB-I and PS-I). The pilot then filed an IFR flight plan and the t
Probable cause
the pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather (icing conditions), and his delay in executing a course reversal to exit those conditions, which resulted in airframe ice accumulation and loss of control. A factor was the icing conditions.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
