Cessna 210M N732SB

Summary

On 6 November 1983 at about 02:05 local time, a Cessna 210M registered N732SB, operated by Crawford A. Barber, was involved in an accident near Greensburg, Kansas, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 November 1983 at 02:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Greensburg, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Paul Windle (8K7)

Coordinates

37.5994, -99.2900

Aircraft

Cessna 210M

Registration

N732SB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Crawford A. Barber

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Colorado Spring → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC84FA014

5 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

AT 1619 CST, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT CALLED THE DODGE CITY FSS & REQUESTED THE CURRENT DODGE CITY WX. HE WAS GIVEN THE CURRENT & FORCASTED WX. HE TOOK OFF AT 1825 & AT 1846, HE CALLED THE LA JUNTA RADIO & REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON THE DODGE CITY WX AS WELL AS THE GARDEN CITY WX. HE WAS GIVEN THE CURRENT WX, WHICH WAS VFR IN THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT IFR OR MINUMUM VFR CONDITIONS WERE FORCASTED. IN OTHER WX UPDATES, HE WAS ADVISED OF A LINE OF CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF GARDEN CITY & DODGE CITY & OF A PIREP OF LOW CEILINGS IN THE DODGE CITY AREA. AT APRX 2000. THE ACFT WASOBSERVED TO FLY OVER THE ARPT & TURN LEFT. REPORTEDLY, THE TOP OF A 400 FT ANTENNA WAS NOT VISIBLE AT THAT TIME. WHEN THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE, A SEARCH WAS BEGUN. IT WAS FOUND WHERE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEFT WING LOW, SLIGHTLY NOSEDOWN ATTITUDE, AT APRX THE AREA FOR A TURN TO BASE LEG, FOR A LANDING ON RWY 17. THE GEAR & FLAPS WERE EXTENDED. NO PREIMPACT FAILURE WAS EVIDENT. NO ROTATING BEACON OR APCH AID FOR THE ARPT. SHOULDER HARNESSES/PLT'S SEAT BELT, UNUSED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.