Cessna 210F N5807F

Summary

On 29 May 1985 at about 01:30 local time, a Cessna 210F registered N5807F was involved in an accident near Princeton, New Jersey, United States. 4 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 May 1985 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 210F

Registration

N5807F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

No. Myrtle Bch → Princeton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC85FHD02

2 people were seriously injured.

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 TREES & CRASHED AFTER OVERFLYING MERCER CTY ARPT ON A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE. THE ACFT HAD DESCENDED TO 900 FT TO OVERFLY MERCER AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO PROCEED VFR TO PRINCETON ARPT TO LAND WHEN IT CONTACTED TREES AND CRASHED. THE WX WAS IMC AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND AT MERCER CTY ARTP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT WAS IN RADIO & VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE MERCER CTY ARPT AFTER AN ILS APPROACH AND WAS CLEARED FOR A FULL STOP LANDING BUT ASKED TO OVERFLY AND PROCEED TO PRINCETON. HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE FIELD WAS IFR AND HE WOULD HAVE TO LAND AS THE TOWER COULD NTO APPROVE THE FLT PLAN. THE PLT THEN ASKED FOR A SPECIAL VFR DEPARTURE OUT OF THE CONTROL ZONE WHICH HE RECEIVED AT 2114 EDT. THE PLT REPORTED CLEAR OF THE ZONE AT 2116 EDT. THE CRASH OCCURRED AT 2130 EDT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.