Cessna P210N N24CD

Summary

On 14 August 1999 at about 17:08 local time, a Cessna P210N registered N24CD, operated by Dennis L. Lehman, was involved in an accident near Worcester, Vermont, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 August 1999 at 17:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Worcester, Vermont, United States

Nearest airport

Morrisville-Stowe State (MVL)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna P210N

Registration

N24CD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dennis L. Lehman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Stowe → Harrisburg

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC99FA199

3 people died.

The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision, his failure to follow the published instrument departure procedure for the particular runway, and his continued flight into known adverse weather. A factor was thunderstorms.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot received three weather briefings from a flight service station prior to departure. The briefings included forecasts of thunderstorm activity along the planned route of flight, and in the area of the departure airport. The pilot was asked by the weather briefer if the airplane was equipped with weather radar. The pilot stated that he had a stormscope and weather radar. He departed the runway with a 15-20 knot tailwind, did not follow the published instrument departure procedure, and flew south toward mountainous terrain. The wreckage was located about 200 feet from the summit, on the south side of the mountain. Witnesses at the airport and in the vicinity of the accident site report hearing thunder about the time of the accident. Additionally, weather imageries and surface observations confirmed areas of heavy precipitation south of the airport, in the vicinity of the accident site, at the time of the accident. The pilot made four brief transmissions to Air Traffic Control, but was never in radar contact.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.