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Cessna T210N N5370Y

6 January 1983 · Portland, Oregon, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 6 January 1983 at about 05:03 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N5370Y, operated by AAR Western Skyways, Inc., was involved in an accident near Portland, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 05:03
Classification
Accident
Location
Portland, Oregon, United States
Nearest airport
Portland-Troutdale (TTD)
Coordinates
45.5504, -122.5607
Aircraft
Cessna T210N
Registration
N5370Y
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
AAR Western Skyways, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Ashland → Troutdale
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
SEA83FA037

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF A HILL DURING A DESCENT. THE PILOT HAD CANCELED HIS IFR CLEARANCE AND RADAR SERVICES WERE TERMINATED AND A FREQUENCY CHANGE WAS APPROVED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING BENEATH THE CLOUDS TOWARD THE HILL WITH WHICH IT COLLIDED. THE WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE AND SEEING THE ACFT ENTER CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY THE NOISE OF AN EXPLOSION. THE WEATHER WAS IMC. THERE WERE NO OPERATIONAL DIFFICULTIES REPORTED OR NOTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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