Cessna T210N N5136Y

Summary

On 26 November 1987 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N5136Y was involved in an accident near Skaneateles, New York, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 November 1987 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Skaneateles, New York, United States

Coordinates

42.8900, -76.3705

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N5136Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Holland → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC88FA045

4 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

PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM HOLLAND, MI THE PILOT RECEIVED A BRIEFING WHICH INCLUDED FLIGHT PRECAUTIONS FOR IFR CONDITIONS OVER HIS ENTIRE ROUTE OF FLIGHT AND OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RIME AND/OR MIXED ICING IN CLOUDS BELOW 18,000 FEET. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DEPART AND AT 1132 EST THE PILOT CALLED BUFFALO FLIGHT WATCH AND REQUESTED THE SYRACUSE WEATHER. THE PILOT WAS ADVISED THAT FLIGHT PRECAUTIONS EXISTED FOR OCCASIONAL RIME ICING BETWEEN 2,000 AND 9,000 FEET. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT MAKE A LEFT TURN FOR FINAL APPROACH, DESCEND RAPIDLY AND CRASH ON THE ROCKY SHORE OF LAKE SKANEATELES .5 NM EAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE WING DEICING CAPABILITY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS/FAILURES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.