Cessna 210 accident near Alma, CO
On April 2, 2018, a Cessna 210 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Alma, CO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 2, 2018
- Place
- Alma, CO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.460°N, 105.663°W
- NTSB ID
- 20180409X94952
Official records · CEN18FA266
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn April 2, 2018, at an unknown time, a Cessna 210A airplane, N68640, impacted mountainous terrain 5 miles west of Alma, Colorado. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. The flight departed Erie Municipal Airport (KEIK) Erie, Colorado, about 0815 mountain daylight time, and was en route to Richmond Municipal Airport (KRIF) Richmond, Utah. The evening before the accident, one witness assisted the pilot with pushing his airplane back onto the taxiway after the left brake locked up. The pilot and witness had a short discussion about how neither the pilot nor his airplane had flown in over a year. Also, on the evening before the accident, the pilot called a tow truck company around 1900, and requested assistance with his airplane. The pilot told the tow truck driver, who responded to the airport, that he hit the wrong lever and the nose landing gear collapsed. The tow truck driver stated that the pilot placed a soft strap around the fuselage/cowling, and the tow truck driver helped him lift the airplane. The tow truck driver did not see any visible fuselage or cowling damage. The pilot told the tow truck driver that he was going to have a mechanic look at it the next morning. The pilot's brother dropped the pilot off at KEIK the morning of the accident. The brother planned to drive to Utah and meet the pilot at KRIF that afternoon. An Airframe
Probable cause
The noncertificated pilot's poor decision to depart on a flight over mountainous terrain in an improperly maintained airplane, and the subsequent encounter with mountain wave turbulence, which resulted in the loss of airplane control and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight weather planning.
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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.
