Cessna 210 N7434E

Summary

On 20 November 1983 at about 17:31 local time, a Cessna 210 registered N7434E was involved in an accident near Grass Valley, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 November 1983 at 17:31

Classification

Accident

Location

Grass Valley, California, United States

Nearest airport

Nevada County (017)

Coordinates

39.1800, -120.9808

Aircraft

Cessna 210

Registration

N7434E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sacramento → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX84FA064

1 person 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

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR A VOR-A APCH TO THE NEVADA COUNTY ARPT. THE APCH CONTROLLER ADVISED THE PLT THAT HE HAD FAILED TO ISSUE THE REQUIRED RADAR INFO FOR THE FINAL APCH FIX & INSTRUCTED THE PLT TO INITIATE A MISSED APCH. RADAR CONTACT WITH THE ACFT WAS LOST WHEN IT WAS 1/2 MI EAST OF THE ARPT, AT 3500, ON A WESTERLY HEADING. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT CRASHED 1/8 MI SOUTH OF THE ARPT AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 2900 FT. AN EXAM REVEALED THE ACFT HAD CRASHED WHILE IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE ON WOODED TERRAIN. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PREIMPACT FAILURE OF THE AIRFRAME OR POWERPLANT WAS FOUND. WITNESSES WHO HEARD THE ACFT FLY OVER THE ARPT STATED THAT IT WAS SNOWING MODERATELY & THEY ESTIMATED THE SURFACE VISIBILITY WAS 1/2 MI.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.