Cessna T210N accident near Bloomfield, KY
On December 8, 2007, a Cessna T210N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bloomfield, KY. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 8, 2007
- Place
- Bloomfield, KY
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 37.952°N, 85.236°W
- NTSB ID
- 20071218X01970
Official records · MIA08FA027
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- ATC 3 - ATC radar plot for N5431C, Bloomfield, KY: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 8, 2007, at 1516 eastern standard time, a Cessna T210N, N5431C, registered to a private individual and operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91, collided with the ground following an in-flight breakup in Bloomfield, Kentucky. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The private instrument-rated pilot and passenger were killed, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal flight originated from Charleston Executive Airport (JZI), Charleston, South Carolina at 1236, and was enroute to Clark Regional Airport (JVY), Jeffersonville, Indiana. After takeoff, the flight proceeded towards the destination airport and air traffic control (ATC) communications with several facilities occurred. At 1509, while in contact with the Louisville terminal radar approach control (Louisville TRACON) and flying at 8,000 feet mean sea level (msl), the controller instructed the pilot to descend and maintain 6,000 feet msl, which he correctly read back. Radar and radio contact were then lost. According to the National Transportation Safety Board Recorded Radar and Performance Study, the airplane was heading northwest towards the destination airport, descending through an altitude of 6,800 feet at a constant rate of about 650 feet-per-minute, when it began to make a subtle turn to the north. About 32 seconds later, the airplane continued to turn and descend at a constant rate, reaching a maximum bank angle of about 40 to 50 degrees and exceeding the
Probable cause
the pilot exceeded the design stress limits of the airplane, which resulted in the in-flight break up. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's loss of control in-flight due to spatial disorientation.
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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.
