Cessna P210N N900FE

Summary

On 25 January 1984 at about 03:39 local time, a Cessna P210N registered N900FE was involved in an accident near Groton, Connecticut, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

25 January 1984 at 03:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Groton, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Groton-New London (GON)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna P210N

Registration

N900FE

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waukegan → Groton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC84FA074

3 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 ACFT WAS BLOWN OFF COURSE DURING A PROCEDURE TURN FOR AN ILS APPROACH. THE PLT MADE A MISSED APPROACH BECAUSE OF THEMISALIGNMENT AND TRIED A NON STANDARD MEANS OF ORIENTATION FOR THE 2ND ATTEMPT AND INTERCEPTED THE MIDDLE MARKER UNEXPECTEDLY. RADAR SHOWS THE ACFT BEGAN A RAPID DESCENT AND RIGHT TURN. THE WEATHER HAD DETERIORATED TO BELOW MINIMUMS AFTER THE PLTS LAST WEATHER REPORT OF A 600 FT CEILING. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AFTER THE PLT DECLARED A 2ND MISSED APPROACH.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.