Accident · 1991-06-03

NTSB case DEN91FA079 · CESSNA 210M · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1991-06-03
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 210M (N777DH)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: ROY D. BAILES Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): ROY D. BAILES

Probable cause

THE PILOT CONTINUING FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND EXCEEDING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT. FACTORS WERE: THUNDERSTORM, UPDRAFTS AND THE PILOT'S DISREGARD OF THE WEATHER BRIEFING.

Source: NTSB case DEN91FA079

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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