Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 210-5 N8270Z

4 March 1983 · Orange Grove, Texas, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 4 March 1983 at about 11:30 local time, a Cessna 210-5 registered N8270Z, operated by Antonio Garcia Moreno, was involved in an accident near Orange Grove, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 11:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Orange Grove, Texas, United States
Coordinates
27.9504, -97.9308
Aircraft
Cessna 210-5
Registration
N8270Z
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Antonio Garcia Moreno
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Hebbronville → Beeville
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
FTW83FA142

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 0 0 0

Probable cause

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 PLT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE DEPARTED HEBBRONVILLE MUNI ARPT AT ABOUT 0500 CST. WHEN THE ACFT FAILED TO ARRIVE AT ITS DESTINATION, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND WHERE IT CRASHED IN AN AREA OF MESQUITE TREES & BRUSH, ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE DEPARTURE POINT & THE DESTINATION. AN EXAM OF THE CRASH SITE REVEALED THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE IN ABOUT A 15 DEG RIGHT BANK, SLIGHTLY NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. ABOUT 5 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST, THE 0559 CST ALICE WX WAS: MEASURED 600 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 3 MI WITH FOG. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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