Cessna T210L N2179S

Summary

On 9 December 1999 at about 06:31 local time, a Cessna T210L registered N2179S, operated by New Mexico Flying Service, was involved in an accident near Elida, New Mexico, 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

9 December 1999 at 06:31

Classification

Accident

Location

Elida, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

33.9406, -103.6491

Aircraft

Cessna T210L

Registration

N2179S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

New Mexico Flying Service

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Albuquerque → Lubbock

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN00FA025

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control for reasons undetermined. Factors were icing conditions and instrument failure, as reported by the pilot.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight was being operated as an on-demand nonscheduled domestic cargo flight. After obtaining a standard weather briefing and filing an IFR flight plan, the pilot took off at 2228. At 2320, after being cleared to descend from 13,000 to 11,000 feet, the pilot was cleared to descend further to 9,000 feet because he was 'starting to pickup some ice, here.' At 2329, the controller noticed the airplane had reversed course and he asked the pilot what he was doing. The pilot replied, 'I'm not sure. My instruments are going bad.' Radio and radar contract were lost shortly thereafter. The airplane struck the ground in a near vertical attitude. No avionics, instruments or vacuum pumps were recovered intact. There was no evidence of preimpact airframe, powerplant, propeller, or flight control failure/malfunction.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.