Cessna T210M N761UR

Summary

On 21 May 1982 at about 01:15 local time, a Cessna T210M registered N761UR, operated by Schmiede MacHine 7 Tool, was involved in an accident near Holly Springs, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 May 1982 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Holly Springs, South Carolina, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna T210M

Registration

N761UR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Schmiede MacHine 7 Tool

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Bern → Tullahoma

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL82FA140

2 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

PRIOR TO DEPARTING NEW BERN AT 1837 THE PLT CALLED HIS OFFICE & STATED HE HAD RECEIVED A WX REPORT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLT. AT 2020 & 2052 HE CONTACTED ATL FLT WATCH FOR WX ADVISORIES. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE WX RADAR WAS OUT OF SERVICE BUT RADAR SUMMARY CHARTS INDICATED HE MIGHT ENCOUNTER RAIN SHOWERS & THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA OF TOCCOA & HARRIS VOR. AT 2105 THE PLT CALLED FLT WATCH AGAIN & REPORTED ENCOUNTERING IFR. FLT WATCH REPLIED THEY DID NOT HAVE RADAR AVAILABLE & TO CONTACT ATL CENTER. THE PLT DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE & FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE PLT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE ACFT CRASHED IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE. AT THE TIME THE PLT CONTACTED FLT WATCHHE WAS NOT PROVIDED PERTINENT INFORMATION FROM THE AREA FORECAST FOR CLOUDS AT 2,000-3,000 FT SCATTERED VARIABLE BROKEN WITH A CHANCE OF CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW 1,000 FT & 3 MI IN THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.