Cessna T210F N6191R

Summary

On 21 October 1988 at about 00:30 local time, a Cessna T210F registered N6191R was involved in an accident near Rogers, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 October 1988 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Rogers, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Rogers Muni-Carter Field (ROG)

Coordinates

36.3292, -94.1301

Aircraft

Cessna T210F

Registration

N6191R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC89FA007

2 people died.

CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL AFTER BECOMING DISORIENTED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: DARK NIGHT, LOW CEILINGS, FOG, DRIZZLE, OBSCURATION, AND FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO DIVERT TO AN ALTERNATE DESTINATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT WAS ON A VFR FLT FROM WICHITA, KS TO ROGERS, AR. WHILE EN ROUTE, HE CONTACTED TULSA FSS & OBTAINED WX INFO. AT THAT TIME, HE WAS ADZD THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO PREVAILING IFR WX IN THE AREA OF HIS DESTN. HOWEVER, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT ELECTED TO CONT DESPITE THE WARNING. HE ARRIVED AT THE DESTN AFTER DARK & ATTEMPTED TO LAND. WITNESSES NEAR THE ARPT HEARD THE ACFT FLY OVER THEIR HOMES, THEN HEARD IT CRASH. A SEARCH WAS INITIATED & IT WAS FOUND APRX 1.5 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE ARPT. INITIAL IMPACT WAS WITH TREES AS THE ACFT WAS ON A HEADING OF 160 DEG. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE ACFT WAS IN A 50 DEG RIGHT BANK & A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHEN IT CRASHED. IT WAS EXTENSIVELY DMGD DRG IMPACT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT WAS FOUND. APRX 21 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT FAYETTEVILLE, AR, THE 1950 WX WAS IN PART: 600' OBSCURED, 1 MI VIS WITH FOG & DRIZZLE, WIND FROM 180 DEG AT 8 KTS. ETHANOL WAS FOUND IN THE PLT'S KIDNEY FLUID & BILE, BUT THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF PSBL DECOMPOSITION OR CONTAMINATION OF THE SAMPLES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.