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Cessna 210-5 (205) N8370Z

14 October 1983 · Schurz, Nevada, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 October 1983 at about 03:52 local time, a Cessna 210-5 (205) registered N8370Z was involved in an accident near Schurz, Nevada, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 03:52
Classification
Accident
Location
Schurz, Nevada, United States
Coordinates
38.9204, -118.7110
Aircraft
Cessna 210-5 (205)
Registration
N8370Z
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Business
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Duckwater → Reno
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
LAX84FA012

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 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 ACFT WAS ON A CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT IN VFR CONDITIONS. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT ENCOUNTERED INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS AT NIGHT AND LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT IN FLIGHT. THE POST CRASH INVESTIGATION REVEALED EVIDENCE OF AN INFLIGHT STRUCTURAL FAILURE DUE TO OVERLOADS. THE LAST TRANSMISSION FROM THE PILOT INDICATES HE WAS IN A DIVE AND WAS AWARE OF IT. THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NEAR A VERTICAL ATTITUDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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