Cessna T210N N5517C

Summary

On 22 July 1983 at about 16:05 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N5517C was involved in an accident near Watsonville, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 July 1983 at 16:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Watsonville, California, United States

Nearest airport

Watsonville (WVI)

Coordinates

36.9500, -121.7210

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N5517C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Sacramento

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FA348

2 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 PLT, WHO WAS A CONTRACTOR, WAS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND A HEAVY EQUIP'T AUCTION IN SACRAMENTO TO BEGIN A 1000. WITNESSES HEARD NORMAL ENG SOUNDS AS THE ACFT DEPARTED RWY 19 & TURNED TO A LEFT DOWNWIND DEPARTURE TURN. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED PROCEEDING ON A NE HEADING, PARALLELING HWY 152 AT ABOUT 500 FT AGL GOING STRAIGHT TOWARD WHERE IT ENDED UP ON A HILLSIDE. ANOTHER WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING BENEATH THE CLOUDS & THEN ENTER THE CLOUDS IN A CLIMB NEAR THE BASE OF THE HILL. ARPT BASED PLTS DESCRIBED THE DEPARTURE AS ONE OF TWO 'BOOTLEG' IFR CLIMB PROCEDURES COMMONLY USED BY MANY LOCAL PLTS DURING LOW STRATUS CONDITIONS. THE PLT HAD BEEN OBSERVED USING THE 'HIGHWAY 152 CLIMB' MANY TIMES DURING THE PRECEEDING YEARS. THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE PLT ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A 'POP-UP' IFR TO VFR CLEARANCE. THE PLT FLEW AN AVERAGE OF 2 HRS EACH WORKING DAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.