ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366063
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 October 1990 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna T210L |
| Owner/operator: | Dick Bourland |
| Registration: | N4640Q |
| MSN: | 21059504 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Providence, LA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Monroe, LA (KMLU) |
| Orlando, FL (KORL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT DEPARTED ON AN IFR CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT INTO FORECAST CONDITIONS OF ICING, THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED SEVERE TURBURLENCE. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 15,500 FEET, A SEVERE DOWNDRAFT WAS EXPERIENCED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED. THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A COMPLETE WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE. THIS BRIEFING IDENTIFIED THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S DECISION TO ENTER AN AREA OF FORECAST THRUNDERSTORMS. THE FACTOR WAS THE SEVERE DOWNDRAFT ENCOUNTERED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW91LA005
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 17:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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