Cessna T210N N7573N
16 January 1988 · Lost Hills, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 16 January 1988 at about 02:25 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N7573N, operated by Seibold Corp., was involved in an accident near Lost Hills, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 02:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lost Hills, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lost Hill/Kern Co (L84)
- Coordinates
- 35.6106, -119.9005
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210N
- Registration
- N7573N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Seibold Corp.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lost Hills → Stockton
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- LAX88FA087
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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
ON A DARK NIGHT WITH LIGHT DRIZZLE FALLING THE PVT PLT, WHO WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED, DEPARTED FROM AN UNCONTROLLED ARPT FOR A X-C FLT. THE PLT MADE A DOWNWIND DEPARTURE, & HIS ALTITUDE ON THE X-WIND LEG WAS ESTIMATED BY A PASSING TRUCK DRIVER AT 200 FT AGL. THE ACFT THEN TURNED DOWNWIND & DESCENDED UNTIL IT COLLIDED WITH A LEVEL PLOWED FIELD DEVOID OF LIGHTS. PATCHY GROUND FOG WAS OBSERVED NORTH OF THE CRASH SITE IN THE DIRECTION THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLY. A FEW MIN PRIOR TO TAKING OFF THE PLT HAD RECEIVED AN ABBREVIATED WEATHER BRIEFING. THE FSS SPECIALIST INFORMED THE PLT MARGINAL WX CONDITIONS EXISTED & HE DID NOT RECOMMEND VFR FLIGHT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna T210N accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 1988 | Cessna T210N | Kankakee, Illinois, United States | Professional Flyers | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 1988 | Cessna T210N | Ft. Collins, Colorado, United States | House, Leland E. | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Mar 1988 | Cessna T210N | Burns, Oregon, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Aug 1988 | Cessna T210N | Culver City, California, United States | Reeder, George W. | No injuries | - |
| 19 Aug 1988 | Cessna T210N | Santa Paula, California, United States | Consumers Investment Co | No injuries | - |
| 5 Jan 1988 | Cessna T210N | Bedford Park, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan 1988 | Colman BD-4 | Half Moon Bay, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Oct 1988 | Cessna 182A | Visalia, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Apr 1988 | Cessna 150F | Hayfork, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Feb 1988 | Beechcraft A36 | Ramona, California, United States | Lancer Engineering | Minor injuries | - |
| 1 May 1988 | Cessna 180B | Quincy, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 1988 | Hiller UH-12D | Winterhaven, California, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |