Cessna T-210F accident near Hendersonville, NC
On September 15, 2001, a Cessna T-210F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hendersonville, NC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 15, 2001
- Place
- Hendersonville, NC
- Aircraft
- Cessna T-210F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.214°N, 82.547°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010924X01981
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 14, 2001, about 2137 eastern daylight time, a Cessna T-210F, N6740R, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed on Pinnacle Mountain in the vicinity of Hendersonville, North Carolina, while being vectored for an ILS approach to Asheville, North Carolina. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed, and the private pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Booneville, Arkansas, at about 1622. The wreckage was located on September 16, 2001, at 1250 eastern daylight time. Review of communications between Asheville Air Traffic Control Tower, Local Control (LC) and N6740R revealed that N6740R contacted LC at 9,000 feet at 01:25:23 (21:25:23 EDT.) N6740R was instructed to fly heading 140-degrees for a vector to ILS runway 34 at Asheville Regional Airport, Asheville, North Carolina. At 01:28:10, N6740R was instructed to descend to 6,000 feet. N6740R stated, "four zero romeo out of niner thousand for six thousand- - - a little bumpy up here holding as steady as I can it's uh go got some uh precip and clouds." N6740R informed LC at 01:32:02 that he was level at 6,000 feet. At 01:33:13, N6740R was instructed to descend and maintain 5,100 feet and was subsequently instructed to turn left to a heading of 090-degrees, which was acknowledged. At 01:35:20, LC informed N6740R at 01:35:20, "Cessna four zero romeo check your altitude uh show at four thousand seven hundred." N6740R replied at 01:35:28, " zero romeo uh I'm confirming that now
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow the air traffic controllers verbal instructions pertaining to heading and minimum safe vectoring altitude while being vectored for an ILS approach to his destination airport. This resulted in an in-flight collision with trees and 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.
