Cessna T210 accident near Peyton, CO

On August 26, 2020, a Cessna T210 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Peyton, CO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

August 26, 2020

Place

Peyton, CO

Aircraft

Cessna T210 · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

38.920°N, 104.558°W

NTSB ID

20200826X61854

Official records · CEN20LA365

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• Air Traffic Control - Opsview Playback: Document (MP4), on ntsb.gov
• Memorandum For Record A�� Communication Summary -- Cfi In The Pattern At Fly --- T Hetherington: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn August 26, 2020, about 1137 mountain daylight time, a Cessna T210N airplane, N64EM, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Peyton, Colorado. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. About 1011, the pilot departed from Meadow Lake Airport (FLY), Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport (COS), Colorado Springs, Colorado, to have the airplane’s oxygen system serviced. About 1125, the airplane departed COS on a return flight to FLY. A flight instructor who was providing instruction to a student pilot in a Cessna 150 airplane in the pattern at FLY stated that the accident airplane got in between the airplane he was in and another Cessna 150 airplane, which was trailing, for a landing on runway 33. The instructor felt that there was not much separation between the airplanes. The student pilot and instructor turned their airplane from the base leg onto final. The instructor thought the accident airplane had extended its downwind to make some room between the airplanes and also that the accident airplane slowed to make room because it was faster. The instructor indicated that the winds were blowing from east to west. After the student pilot and instructor landed their airplane, they heard that the accident airplane had crashed south of the runway. The pilot in the trailing Cessna 150 airplane stated that the accident airplane entered on the downwind between his airplane and the other Cessna 150 airplane, which appeared to

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and the exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during the airplane’s turn to final, resulting in an aerodynamic stall.

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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.