Cessna C210T N6470A

27 October 1979 · Jackson, Wyoming, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 27 October 1979 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna C210T registered N6470A was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Jackson, Wyoming, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 October 1979 at 23:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Jackson, Wyoming, United States
Nearest airport: Jackson Hole Apt
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna C210T
Registration: N6470A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Idaho Falls, Id → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3987

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	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

BUTTE LOCATED 2 TO 3-1/4 MI FRM ARPT.WITNESS OBSERVED LDG LITE SHINING ON SIDE OF MTN.RWY LITES HI

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3987, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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