Cessna T210L accident near Groom, TX
On September 25, 1995, a Cessna T210L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Groom, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 25, 1995
- Place
- Groom, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.200°N, 101.099°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04482
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 24, 1995, at 1937 central daylight time, a Cessna T210L, N2599S, crashed following a loss of control while in cruise flight near Groom, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight plan was filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 flight. The airplane was destroyed and the instrument rated private pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated at the Amarillo International Airport, in Amarillo, Texas, about 13 minutes before the accident. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, the airplane arrived in Amarillo from Carrizozo, New Mexico, to refuel. While in Amarillo, the pilot received a complete weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan with a proposed departure time of 1915 for a flight from Amarillo to the Guthrie Municipal Airport in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Air Traffic Control cleared the aircraft direct to Guthrie at an assigned altitude of 5,000 feet, and the airplane departed Amarillo on Runway 04 at 1924. After radar contact was established (transponder code 0744), the pilot requested, and was cleared to climb and maintain 7,000 feet. The pilot reported in level flight to Albuquerque Center at 1934:13. At 1938:20, Albuquerque Center reported that radar contact was lost. Radio contact could not be established after that point. According to recorded radar data, the airplane reached 7,200 feet at 1933:27 and the altitude fluctuated between 7,000 and 7,300 for the next couple of minutes. The last recorded altitude was at 1935:51, when the airplane reported 7,100 feet. No distress calls or anomal
Probable cause
Loss of control for unknown reason(s).
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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.
