Cessna 210K N5772J

Summary

On 13 November 1985 at about 18:15 local time, a Cessna 210K registered N5772J was involved in an accident near Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 November 1985 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.0199, -94.7297

Aircraft

Cessna 210K

Registration

N5772J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Neosho → Hays

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC86FA027

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

AFTER LNDG AT NEOSHO, MO, THE PLT CALLED THE JOPLIN FSS AT 1132 CST & REQD WX INFO FOR A FLT TO HAYS, KS. THE SPECIALISTADVISED THAT HIS WX COMPUTER WAS OUT OF SVC & SUGGESTED THE PLT CONTACT ANOTHER FACILITY OR CALL BACK IN ABOUT 20 MIN. THE PLT INDICATED HE WAS IN A HURRY & ENDED THE CONVERSATION. NO RECORD WAS FND OF ANY OTHER WX BRIEFING. THE ACFT DEPTDAT 1155 CST. WHILE CRUISING AT 8000', THE PLT ASKED THE CENTER CONTROLLER (CTLR) ABOUT WX ALONG HIS ROUTE. THE CTLR ADVISED HIS RADAR DISPLAYED AN AREA OF LGT SHOWERS AHEAD & CLRD THE PLT TO DEVIATE ARND THE WX. APRX 5 MIN LATER, RADAR & RADIO CONTACT WERE LOST & THE ACFT CRASHED. AN EXAM REVEALED THE L WING HAD SEPD IN FLT FM OVERLOAD FAILURE. THE WING WAS FND APRX 1 MI FM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. NO PRE-ACDNT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND. A WX STUDY SHOWED THE ACFT CRASHED IN AN AREA OF FRONTAL ACTIVITY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS (TSTMS) WERE BUILDING. LCL PSNL RPRTD HVY RAIN, LIGHTNING & GND VIS OF 1/8 MI. CONVECTIVE SIGMET 26C (ISSUED AT 1055) WARNED OF IMBEDDED TSTMS IN THE AREA WITH TOPS ABOVE 45,000'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.