Cessna 210B N9622X

Summary

On 15 September 1992 at about 10:45 local time, a Cessna 210B registered N9622X, operated by Clontz, R. and Wilson, J.t., was involved in an accident near Andrews, North Carolina, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 September 1992 at 10:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Andrews, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Andrews-Murphy (6A3)

Coordinates

35.1900, -83.8205

Aircraft

Cessna 210B

Registration

N9622X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Clontz, R. and Wilson, J.t.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Roanoke Rapids

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL92FA181

4 people died.

THE PILOT'S ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF IN FOGGY CONDITIONS, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL DURING THE INITIAL CLIMBOUT, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND IMPACT WITH TERRAIN. FACTORS WERE THE PREVAILING FOG AND THE NIGHT LIGHTING CONDITIONS.

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

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THE PILOT, A PILOT RATED PASSENGER, AND THEIR WIVES WERE TAKING OFF FROM AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT, ABOUT 32 MINUTES BEFORE SUNRISE. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE RAMP, AND THE DEPARTURE AND APPROACH ENDS OF THE AIRPORT WERE OBSCURED BY GROUND FOG. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT, NOR WAS THERE ANY RECORD OF A WEATHER BRIEFING. A MECHANIC REPORTED THAT HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF, THEN HE HEARD ABOUT 5 SECONDS OF SILENCE BEFORE HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A CORN FIELD IN A STEEP, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, AND WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT FORCES AND FIRE. THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 600 FEET SOUTH OF THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY, AND ABOUT 1,100 FEET SHORT OF THE DEPARTURE END. AN EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER REVEALED EVIDENCE OF ROTATION AT IMPACT. THE ENGINE RAN SUCESSFULLY ON A TEST STAND AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT HAD MENTIONED THAT THE VACUUM PUMP DID NOT WORK ON AN AIRPLANE THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING; HOWEVER, EXAMINATION OF THE PUMP AND GYRO INSTRUMENTS DID NOT REVEAL EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.