Cessna 210 accident near Lubbock, TX
On October 26, 2020, a Cessna 210 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lubbock, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 26, 2020
- Place
- Lubbock, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.561°N, 101.835°W
- NTSB ID
- 20201026102196
Official records · CEN21LA030
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control - Audio Summaries: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 26, 2020, at 1558 central daylight time (CDT), a Cessna 210 airplane, N9622T, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Lubbock, Texas. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan from Belen Regional Airport (BRG), Belen, New Mexico, to Corsicana Municipal Airport (CRS), Corsicana, Texas, but had diverted to Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (LBB), Lubbock, Texas. A review of the air traffic control (ATC) recordings revealed that the pilot had difficulty communicating with controllers. During the first 2 hours of the flight, he experienced icing conditions and requested lower altitudes multiple times. The ATC recordings and automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) data revealed at 1454 CDT the pilot requested to divert to LBB “for fuel considerations.” At 1523, CDT the pilot reported that he had been in IMC for a while. The pilot was instructed to setup for the RNAV (GPS) Y instrument approach to runway 35L. During the approach, the pilot was unsure of which instrument approach to expect and was not in position to intercept the final approach course, so the controller vectored the pilot to the east to conduct the same approach but with a different initial approach fix. When queried by the controller, the pilot reported that he was experiencing icing and was in freezing rain. After the airplane crossed the intermediate fix, ZOVOC, and turned inbound, the groundspeed gradua
Probable cause
The pilot’s improper decision to fly into icing conditions with an airplane that was not equipped for icing, which led to structural icing and a subsequent loss of airplane control, and the pilot’s impairment from carbon monoxide poisoning due to a cracked heat exchanger. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s self-induced pressure to complete the flight due to the incoming adverse weather c
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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.
