Cessna 210N accident near Plaquemine, Louisiana, January 10, 1984
On January 10, 1984 at about 6:00 am local time, a Cessna 210N, registered N6500Y, was destroyed in an accident near Plaquemine, Louisiana. It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person was killed. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- January 10, 1984 · about 6:00 am local time
- Place
- Plaquemine, Louisiana · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was killed.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 210N · all 210Ns on the register
- Registration
- N6500Y · no longer on the register · serial 21064411
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE ACFT WAS FOUND BY A HUNTER CRASHED IN A HEAVILY WOODED SWAMP AREA APRX 10 MONTHS AFTER THE ACDNT. THE SOLE BODY FND WAS BEYOND A CONDITION OF TESTING FOR TOXICOLOGY OR AUTOPSY. THE BODY WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PLT WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET THE OWNER OF THE WRECKED ACFT ON THE MORNING OF 1/10/84 IN BATON ROUGE, LA. WHEN THE PLT DID NOT SHOW UP THE ACFT OWNER PROCEEDED TO THE BABIN ARPT AND DECLARED THE PLT MISSING ON 1/12/84 & STATED THAT HIS ACFT WAS STOLEN. THE ACFT & FLT WERE THE OBJECT OF A SEARCH FROM 1/12 TIL 1/27. THE ACFT WAS ACCIDENTLY FOUND ON 11/16/84. THE WX ON THE ACDNT NITE WAS POOR AND CLASSED AS IMC WITH LOW CEILING OF 200 FT & VIS 3 MILES IN FOG. THE ACFT CRASHED ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT ON A WESTERLY HEADING. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PLT WAS SEEN DRINKING IN TWO LOUNGES PRIOR TO FLT.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: helicopter; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane; instrument: helicopter; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 20,000 hours in all
- Medical certificate: Class 2
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,121 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, August 4, 1983
- Maximum gross weight: 3,800 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental TSIO-520-R (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 0LA2 Gonzalez LA at 7:15 am
- Destination: BTR Baton Rouge LA
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Wind: from 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 700 ft; not recorded
- Temperature: 54°F (12°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 6:49 am from BTR, 20 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
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