Cessna T210N N6578Y

Summary

On 26 December 1984 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N6578Y, operated by William Rogers Miers, was involved in an accident near Brackettville, Texas, United States. 5 people were on board and 3 died, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 December 1984 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Brackettville, Texas, United States

Coordinates

29.3093, -100.4099

Aircraft

Cessna T210N

Registration

N6578Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

William Rogers Miers

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Houston → Brackettville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW85FA087

3 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 PLT HAD FILED AN INSTRUMENT FLT PLAN FROM HOW TO DHT AND HAD RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING FOR THE ROUTE. THE FLT PROCEEDEDTO DHT WHERE RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AND THE ACFT WAS CLEARED FOR AN APCH. THE PLT CANCELED IFR. THE PLT THEN PROCEEDED TO BRACKETTVILLE, TX, WHERE THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES AND THE TERRAIN. WITNESSES CONFIRMED VISIBILITY WAS RESTRICTED DO THE LOW CEILING, FOG AND LIGHT CONDITION. BRACKETTVILLE ARPT IS UNLIGHTED AND HAS NO APPROVED IFR APCH. THE PLT HAD LIMITED TIME TO COMPLETE A COMMERCIAL PROJECT FOR THE USAF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.