Cessna P210R N6434A

Summary

On 13 March 1987 at about 16:44 local time, a Cessna P210R registered N6434A was involved in an accident near Block Island, Rhode Island, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 March 1987 at 16:44

Classification

Accident

Location

Block Island, Rhode Island, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna P210R

Registration

N6434A

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hyannis → New Bern

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87FA109

1 person 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 AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM THE CONTROLLER'S SCOPE WHILE RECEIVING RADAR VECTORS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MISSING UNTIL MARCH 20, 1987 WHEN FISHERMEN PULLED PART OF THE WRECKAGE OUT OF OCEAN WATERS NEAR BLOCK ISLAND, RI. THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER, ENGINE FIREWALL, ENTIRE EMPENNAGE AND OUTER WING AREAS WERE NOT RECOVERED. THE 59-YEAR-OLD PILOT WAS IN LEVEL CRUISE FLIGHT AT 16,000 FEET M.S.L. WHILE ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN TO NEW BERN, NC IN THE PREVAILING INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. WEATHER FORECASTS SHOWED THE FREEZING LEVEL TO BE ON OR NEAR THE SURFACE WITH LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE RIME ICE BELOW 14,000 FEET M.S.L. THE PILOT HAD 417 FLIGHT HOURS INCLUDING 29 HOURS ACTUAL INSTRUMENT TIME. THE FAILURE TO RECOVER ALL OF THE WRECKAGE PRECLUDED THE SAFETY BOARD FROM MAKING A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER A FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE, FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM, POWERPLANT OR OTHER COMPONENT WAS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.