Cessna P210N accident near Albuquerque, NM
On January 20, 1999, a Cessna P210N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Albuquerque, NM. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 20, 1999
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Aircraft
- Cessna P210N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.189°N, 106.501°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001204X00046
Official records · DEN99FA034
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC 3 - Factual Report of Group Chairman: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 1 - Air Traffic Services Accident Package with 11 Sections: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 2 - ASR Approach Currency Requirements and Logs from ABQ TRACON: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 3 - ABQ TRACON airspace.: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 4 - Sector 17 airspace.: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 20, 1999, at 1527 mountain standard time (mst)*, a Cessna P210N, N79NL, was destroyed when it broke up in flight and collided with terrain in the Sandia Mountain Wilderness Area, near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The instrument rated private pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the accident site, but the pilot reported being in instrument meteorological conditions. An IFR flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated in Scottsdale, Arizona (SDL), at 1243 Pacific standard time (Pst), and was en route to Wichita, Kansas (ICT). According to a spokesman for Advanced Industries, Inc., to which the airplane was registered, the pilot and his passengers had flown to Scottsdale on January 15, 1999, to participate in a golf tournament. They were returning to Wichita when the accident happened. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot telephoned the Wichita, Kansas, Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) at 0606 Pst, and began filing an IFR flight plan. The cellular telephone connection was lost but reestablished a minute later, and the pilot finished filing his flight plan. He then asked for an "outlook" weather briefing. The pilot was told there was an area of high pressure along his route, and that a weak trough would be moving across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Across the northern half of Arizona, the forecast was for scattered clouds at 15,000 feet; across New Mexico, scattered to broken clouds at 12,000 to 14
Probable cause
Total failure of the vacuum system, and failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control, resulting in wing spar failure. Factors were the pilot's spatial disorientation, and his exceeding the design stress limits of the airplane.
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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.
