Cessna 210L accident near Mack, CO

On May 8, 2000, a Cessna 210L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Mack, CO. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.

Date

May 8, 2000

Place

Mack, CO

Aircraft

Cessna 210L · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Substantial

Position

39.221°N, 108.870°W

NTSB ID

20001212X20987

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 8, 2000, at 1250 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 210L airplane, N732ER, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while in cruise flight near Mack, Colorado. The commercial pilot, who was the registered owner of the airplane, and his passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight. The cross-country flight originated from the Grand Junction Airport, Grand Junction, Colorado, approximately 18 minutes prior to the accident, and was destined for Vernal, Utah. The accident airplane was part of a 7-airplane caravan trip throughout the southwest. The accident airplane departed Arlington, Texas, on May 7, 2000, and flew to San Angelo, Texas, and then to Grand Junction, where the pilot topped-off the fuel tanks for the following day's flight to Vernal (located 105 miles north, northwest of Grand Junction). The remaining 6 airplanes flew to Vernal, Utah, on the 7th and were awaiting the accident airplane's arrival on the 8th for their next leg to Moab, Utah. On the morning of May 8, 2000, the pilot and his passenger arrived at the Grand Junction Airport where they checked the weather (on 3 separate occasions), and according to line personnel at the fixed base operator, waited (approximately 3 hours) for the "weather to clear." One of the line personnel stated that the weather was "stormy and windy." The pilot informed them that he was going to fly over Douglas Pass to Vernal. The line personnel stated that the mount

Probable cause

The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were the mountain obscuration and the rising terrain.

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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.