Cessna T210N accident near Creede, CO
On August 6, 1998, a Cessna T210N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Creede, CO. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 6, 1998
- Place
- Creede, CO
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.849°N, 106.919°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10829
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 6, 1998, approximately 0750 mountain daylight time, a Cessna T210N, N2WF, was destroyed when it impacted the ground while maneuvering at approximately 300 feet agl near Creede, Colorado. The private pilot and his three passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was owned/operated by Ford Farms, Inc., under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight which originated from Center, Colorado, approximately 25 minutes before the accident. No flight plan had been filed. According to family members, the pilot, his son, and the pilot's two brothers departed Center, Colorado, en route to the Pearl Lakes Trout Club (elevation 10,400 feet), where several of the family members owned fishing cabins. They stated that they believed the intention of the flight was to spread the cremation ashes of their mother/grandmother who had been killed six weeks earlier in an automobile accident. Family members reported that the brothers, in June, 1995, had scattered the cremation ashes of their father over the same location near the family's cabins. According to one witness, the airplane entered the north to south oriented valley of Pearl Lakes from the south on the east side of the valley at approximately 1,000 feet above the ground. He stated that the aircraft turned left, then flew south along the west side of the valley. It then turned east along the south side of the Pearl Lakes property line, then turned north/northeast, at which time he temporarily lost sight of the aircraft. When it came into view again, the aircraft "wa
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain flying airspeed and the subsequent stall/spin. A contributing factor was high density altitude.
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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.
