Cessna 210C N3698Y

Summary

On 8 August 1995 at about 19:37 local time, a Cessna 210C registered N3698Y was involved in an accident near Dawsonville, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 August 1995 at 19:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Dawsonville, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

34.4209, -84.1097

Aircraft

Cessna 210C

Registration

N3698Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Roanoke → New Orleans

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA95FA207

1 person died.

THE PILOT'S DISREGARD OF THE WEATHER FORECAST AND FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER (INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONDITIONS), RESULTING IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WHILE MANEUVERING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT FLYING IN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT CONDITIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT DEPARTED VFR AND LANDED AT AN INTERMEDIATE AIRPORT TO CHECK ON THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT. A WEATHER BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED FROM A FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. THE PILOT WAS ADVISED OF A STATIONARY FRONT, AND MARGINAL VFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT. THE PILOT DEPARTED VFR. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING IN A DESCENDING RIGHT TURN. IFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS LOCATED 11 DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT'S LOGBOOK WAS NOT FOUND BUT FRIENDS OF HIS REPORTED THAT HE 'HAD INDICATED VERBALLY, SEVERAL TIMES, THAT HE HAD NOT FLOWN ON INSTRUMENTS IN IMC FOR OVER 20 YEARS.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.