Cessna 210L N76N

Summary

On 27 October 1999 at about 22:39 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N76N was involved in an accident near Medina, Ohio, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 October 1999 at 22:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Medina, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Medina Municipal Airport (1G5)

Coordinates

41.1303, -81.8610

Aircraft

Cessna 210L

Registration

N76N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cass City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC00FA020

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude during the final approach segment of the visual approach. A factor was the diminishing light conditions of a deepening dusk.

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

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The 75-year old pilot turned the airplane onto the final approach from a base leg, then descended it into transmission lines. The transmission lines ran perpendicular to the runway, about 460 feet from its approach end. They were mounted on poles set down in a valley, but the lines themselves were at approximately the same level as the runway. The accident occurred at dusk, and there was no evidence of engine or airframe malfunctions, or pilot incapacitation. The pilot had based his airplane at the accident airport for about 20 years.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.