Cessna 210B N200EP

Summary

On 27 December 2010 at about 21:36 local time, a Cessna 210B registered N200EP, operated by Cullum Chuck R JR, was involved in an accident near Loveland, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 December 2010 at 21:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Loveland, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

40.3225, -105.2411

Aircraft

Cessna 210B

Registration

N200EP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cullum Chuck R JR

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boulder → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN11FA130

1 person died.

The pilot's intentional flight into terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane departed a local airport and maneuvered in the area of the accident site for about 1 hour 10 minutes. About 2 minutes before the accident, the pilot reported that he had "lost elevator control." Subsequently, radar data depicted the airplane maneuver about the same altitude before beginning a turn and rapidly descending to impact. Had the elevator failed, the pilot likely would not have been able to maintain altitude for the 2 minutes prior to the rapid descent. Further, examination of the wreckage did not reveal any preimpact anomalies with the flight control system or airframe, and the signatures on the engine indicated the engine was operating at a high power setting at the time of impact. The pilot's postaccident toxicology test results revealed the use of antidepressant medications. The coroner ruled that the manner of death was suicide, and the flight profile was consistent with the pilot intentionally flying the airplane into terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.