Cessna 210L N641CH

Summary

On 19 January 1982 at about 00:35 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N641CH, operated by Powell, Osie Wayne, was involved in an accident near Madison County, Alabama, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 January 1982 at 00:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Madison County, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Huntsville-Madison County (HSV)

Coordinates

34.7006, -86.7407

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

N641CH

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Powell, Osie Wayne

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Destin → Tullahoma

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL82FA037

4 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DESTIN, FL AT 1554 CST ON A FLIGHT TO TULLAHOMA, TN. THE ESTIMATED TIME EN ROUTE WAS LISTED ON THE FLIGHT PLAN AS 2.5 HRS WITH 4.5 HOURS FUEL ON BOARD. DURING ARRIVAL AT TULLAHOMA, THE PILOT INITIATED A VOR/DME-B APPROACH, BUT EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH DUE TO WEATHER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN CLEARED TO PROCEED TO HUNTSVILLE, AL. DURING AN ILS APPROACH AT HUNTSVILLE, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AFTER THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LOW ON FUEL. THE PLANE CRASHED AT ABOUT 1835 CST WHEN IT STRUCK TREES DURING A FORCED LANDING. AN INVESTIGAITON REVEALED THAT THE PLANE WAS LAST REFUELED ON 1/17/82 AT TULLAHOMA. AFTER THAT, IT WAS FLOWN AROUND THE AIRPORT PATTERN, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, THE PLANE WAS FLOWN TO DESTIN. AN EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED ONLY TRACES OF FUELL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.