Cessna 210J accident near Sumner, IA
On June 25, 2000, a Cessna 210J (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sumner, IA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 25, 2000
- Place
- Sumner, IA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210J · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.840°N, 92.091°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21167
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 25, 2000, at 1615 central daylight time, a Cessna 210J, N3396S, owned and operated by a non-instrument rated private pilot, was destroyed on impact in a 20-acre bean field. Instrument meteorological conditions with convective activity prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was fatally injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The flight departed Mason City, Iowa and was en route to Dubuque, Iowa. A witness reported that at 1630 there was a heavy downpour when he heard a plane that sounded very low coming from the northeast. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot held a private pilot certificate with an airplane single-engine land rating. The pilot did not hold an instrument rating. He received a third class medical certificate on March 3, 1999 with the limitation of "must wear corrective lenses". Medical certificate information indicated that the pilot accumulated a total time of 2,000 hours. AIRCRAFT INFORMATION The airplane, serial number 21059196, was powered by a Continental IO-520-J engine, serial number 198137-9-J, rated at 285 horsepower. An annual inspection of the airframe and engine was completed on November 23, 1999 at a total airframe time of 3,683.6 hours. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The Waterloo, Iowa automated surface observing system (ASOS), located approximately 12 nm south of the accident site, recorded at 1606, wind 240 degrees at 10 knots gusts to 38 knots; 1/4 sm visibility, heavy thunderstorms, rain showers and fog; scattered layer of clouds at 200 feet agl, broken layer at 4,600 feet an
Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain clearance with the terrain after flight into adverse weather. Contributing factors were the thunderstorms and lack of instrument certification by the pilot.
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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.
