Cessna T210N accident near Abita Springs, LA
On December 14, 2004, a Cessna T210N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Abita Springs, LA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 14, 2004
- Place
- Abita Springs, LA
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.444°N, 89.994°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041220X02007
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 14, 2004, at approximately 1132 central standard time, a single-engine Cessna T210N airplane, N4873C, was destroyed while on approach to the Saint Tammany Regional Airport (L31), near Abita Springs, Louisiana. The private pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was registered to EP/RG Investments LLC, of Houston, Texas. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 308-nautical mile cross-country flight that originated from at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (GPT), near Gulfport, Mississippi, at 1105, and was destined for the Livingston Municipal Airport (00R) near Livingston, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. A review of the radar data provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the RADES military site revealed that at 1127, the airplane was westbound at an assigned altitude of 6,000 feet mean sea level (msl). The airplane was then observed on radar initiating a shallow descent until it descended below an altitude where FAA radar could no longer receive a signal from the Mode C transponder installed on the airplane; however, RADES continued to track the airplane, as it turned northwest and continued to descend. The RADES data confirmed that when the airplane was abeam, and south of the Saint Tammany Airport, it made a 270-degree, descending left-hand turn before it proceeded on a northeast heading toward the airport. At 1132, the radar data ended. At that time the airplane was at an altitude of 400
Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Also causal was the pilot's improper in-flight emergency planning when he misjudged his available altitude and made a 360 degree turn away from the airport instead of proceeding directly to it, which resulted in him landing over a mile short of the runway in heavily wooded terrain. A factor was the prevailing high wind.
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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.
