Cessna T-210N accident near Gorman, CA
On January 22, 1996, a Cessna T-210N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Gorman, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 22, 1996
- Place
- Gorman, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna T-210N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.861°N, 118.871°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X05156
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 21, 1996, at 1615 hours Pacific standard time, a Cessna T-210N, N6452N, experienced an in-flight separation of the right wing and collided with terrain near Gorman, California. The aircraft was destroyed and the instrument rated private pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The aircraft departed from Calexico, California, about 1330 and was en route to Oakdale, California. Weather at the accident site was not reported; however, law enforcement personnel reported that at the time there was rain mixed with snow, the mountains were obscured in clouds, and the winds were westerly about 30 knots. No flight plan was filed. A co-owner of the aircraft told the NTSB investigator that the pilot and passenger departed from Oakdale on January 15, 1996, for a week long vacation trip to Mexico. On the morning of the accident the flight departed Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, en route home and landed to clear customs at Mexicali, Sonora, Mexico, and Calexico, California. A witness who was about 1 mile south of the accident location, reported that his attention was attracted to the aircraft by the sound of the engine "laboring". When he first saw the aircraft, "very high," it was in a "hazy" area below the clouds in a 45-degree nose down attitude. In the following seconds the nose dropped to vertical (nose down), the engine "whined loudly," and the aircraft spun straight down until impact. The witness noted that one wing was missing as the aircraft spun. Based upon knowledge of his local elevation and the height of nearby mountains, he believed the aircraft w
Probable cause
The loss of control of the aircraft in cruise flight for undetermined reasons and subsequent in-flight structural failure of the aircraft.
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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.
