Cessna P210N N731NQ

Summary

On 8 February 1982 at about 03:22 local time, a Cessna P210N registered N731NQ, operated by Flagstaff Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near 6 Nm North of S, Arizona, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 February 1982 at 03:22

Classification

Accident

Location

6 Nm North of S, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

34.9391, -111.9405

Aircraft

Cessna P210N

Registration

N731NQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flagstaff Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Phoenix → Flagstaff

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX82FA072

4 people died.

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

THE PILOT WAS ADVISED THAT VFR TO FLAGSTAFF WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. HE ADVISED THE BRIEFER THAT HE HAD JUST RECENTLY FLOWN FROM SEDONA AND KNEW HE COULD RETURN VFR. AT ABOUT 1938 MST, THE PLANE DEPARTED PHOENIX WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PILOT REPORTED FLYING AT 7500 FT BELOW AN OVERCAST OF UNKNOWN ALTITUDE. THE WEATHER AT FLAGSTAFF WAS 800 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 3 MILES WITH LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FOG. ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF SEDONA, THE PLANE STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 7000 FT. THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS LOCATED ON SNOW COVERED, WOODED TERRAIN AT THE EDGE OF A PLATEAU BETWEEN SEDONA AND FLAGSTAFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.