Cessna T210 accident near Muscle Shoals, AL
On July 29, 2005, a Cessna T210 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Muscle Shoals, AL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 29, 2005
- Place
- Muscle Shoals, AL
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.745°N, 87.610°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050815X01243
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 29, 2005, about 1650 central daylight time, a Cessna T210, N9501Y, registered to and operated by Western Air Inc, collided with a electrical transmission line and the ground, and burst into flames approximately two miles southeast of Muscle Shoals/Northwest Alabama Regional Airport in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The personal flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The private pilot received fatal injuries, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight departed Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Airport in Baraboo, Wisconsin, at an undetermined time on July 29, 2005. The pilot was on a cross country flight from Baraboo Wisconsin Dells Airport in Baraboo, Wisconsin and attempting to enter the traffic pattern at Muscle Shoals/Northwest Alabama Regional airport in Muscle Shoals, Alabama when the accident occurred. A witness heard the pilot report his position four miles east of the Muscle Shoals Airport and requested local weather information. The pilot also talked to the witness, who was in the traffic pattern, and advised the witness that he would be entering right traffic for runway 29. The pilot was on a base for runway 29 when the airplane collided with a 161 KV transmission line approximately 95 feet above the ground and subsequently fell to the ground and burst into flames. Tennessee Valley Authority reported a power interruption at 1650 on the transmission lines in the area of the accident. PERSONNEL INFORMATION A review o
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate visual lookout, and failure to maintain clearance, which resulted in an in flight collision with a transmission wire.
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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.
