Cessna P210 N4721P

Summary

On 1 December 1982 at about 04:22 local time, a Cessna P210 registered N4721P, operated by Robert G. Ocheltree, was involved in an accident near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 December 1982 at 04:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Nearest airport

Joe Foss Field (FSD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna P210

Registration

N4721P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert G. Ocheltree

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Collins → Youngstown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN83FA027

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

AT 1915 WHILE ENROUTE THE PLT WAS ADVISED THAT THE DESTINATION WX WAS 100 FT OBSCURED, 3/8 MI IN FOG. AT 2140 THE PLT CONTACTED APPROACH CONTROL & WAS ADVISED THE WX WAS 100 FT OBSCURED & 1/8 MI WITH AN RVR FOR RWY 3 OF 2,400 FT. HE WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS RWY 3 APPROACH & ADVISED THE RVR WAS NOW 1,600 FT. DURING THE APPROACH THE PLT WAS ADVISED TWICE OF BEING FIRST RIGHT OF COURSE & THEN LEFT OF COURSE. AT ABOUT 2207 THE PLT EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH & AT 2217 WAS CLEARED FOR A SECOND APPROACH. DURING THE SECOND APPROACH THE PLT WAS AGAIN ADVISED OF GOING LEFT OF COURSE. THE ACFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1,250 FT LEFT OF THE LOCALIZER COURSE & APPROXIMATELY 3,250 FT PAST THE THRESHOLD TO RWY 3.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.