Cessna T210N N9444Y

Summary

On 3 June 1986 at about 12:52 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N9444Y was involved in an accident near Sperry, Oklahoma, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 June 1986 at 12:52

Classification

Accident

Location

Sperry, Oklahoma, United States

Coordinates

36.2898, -95.9809

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N9444Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tulsa → Topeka

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW86FA098

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 AIRPLANE DEPARTED JONES (RIVERSIDE) AIRPORT AND CLIMBED, ON COURSE, TO ITS ASSIGNED ALTITUDE. IT WAS IN IMC CONDITIONS AND A IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT TOLD ATC (AFTER BEING ASKED) THAT HIS RIDE WAS 'SMOOTH SO FAR'. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT STARTED VEERING RIGHT OF ITS ASSIGNED HEADING. THE PILOT WAS ADVISED OF THIS AND ACKNOWLEDGED. A CORRECTION WAS INITIATED BUT NOT COMPLETED. THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN VEERED RIGHT, ENTERED A STEEP DESCENT, AND DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR. THE PILOT DID NOT RESPOND TO FURTHER RADIO CALLS FROM ATC. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHILE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. PATHOLOGICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF THE PILOT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A HUMAN FACTORS PROBLEM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.