Plane Crash List

Cessna T210N N5498A

1 January 1987 · Jasper, Florida, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 1 January 1987 at about 03:44 local time, a Cessna T210N registered N5498A was involved in an accident near Jasper, Florida, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 03:44
Classification
Accident
Location
Jasper, Florida, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna T210N
Registration
N5498A
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Huntsville → Orlando
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
MIA87MA064

People

6 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
6 6 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

DRG FLT IN AN AREA OF IFR CONDITIONS & RAIN SHOWERS, THE PLT REQD & RECD CLNC TO DSCND FROM 9000' TO 7000'. LATER, HE RECD CLNC FOR FURTHER DSCNT TO 5000'. AFTER A FREQ CHG AT 2237 EST, THE PLT INQUIRED ABOUT RADAR INDCNS OF ADVERSE WXAHEAD. THE CTLR ADZD THAT THERE WAS SOME PRECIP IN THE AREA (NR GAINESVILLE) BUT THAT HIS ROUTE OF FLT LOOKED 'PRETTY GOOD.' AS THE ACFT CONTD, ITS ALT VARIED FM 4900' TO 5100' (AS INDCD BY THE MODE C TRANPONDER RETURN). AT 2242:53, THE MODE C REPLY INDCD 5100'; 12 SEC LATER, IT INDCD 5600'; AFTER ANOTHER 12 SEC, THE ALT REPLY HAD DECREASED TO 4300'; THENRADAR & RADIO CONTACT WERE LOST. AN AIR SEARCH WAS DELAYED DUE TO STRONG WIND & RAIN. THE WRECKAGE WAS FND ON 1/1/87 IN THE AREA WHERE RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF AN IN-FLT BREAK-UP. THE OUTBOARD PORTIONS OF THE HORIZONTALSTABILIZERS & WINGS HAD SEPD IN FLT. AN EXAM REVEALED THEY HAD SEPD DOWNWARD FM OVERLOAD FAILURE. PERSONS NR THE CRASH SITE RPRTD HVY RAIN & WIND WITH SOME LIGHTNING & THUNDER AT THE TIME OF THE ACDNT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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