Cessna 210 incident: What's wrong here?

[Xyn_Air]

So, I was wandering around YouTube watching various videos about Cessna's when I ran across the following video of a Cessna 210 crash:

Cessna 210 crash

I am not overly familiar with the 210, but I had seen a few pictures and a little snippet of the dialog from the video really stuck out.  Just to be sure if my suspicions were correct, I did a quick check of the information about the Cessna 210:

Wikipedia: Cessna 210

Turns out I was right about what I thought were the 210's capabilities versus what was reported the 210 in the video was doing at the time of the crash.

So, what went wrong?  Here's a hint: How many skydivers were on board?

Moral of the story: Believe it or not, listed performance characteristics exist for a reason; exceeding them can be an invitation for a tragedy.

Thoughtfully,
~Darrin


HUGE EDIT:

I have just learned a valuable lesson to always try and get my information from more than one source, ESPECIALLY if the first source may be suspect!

Read HERE.

So, it turns out there were fewer skydivers than reported in the video (in a small plane, one more or one less person can make a HUGE difference).

On the other hand, there is suspicion that the plane was still overloaded.

Read HERE.

If anyone can find the accident report, I would be curious to know if it was pilot error (via flying an overloaded plane too slowly . . . stall speed would change with the extra weight, yes?) or mechanical failure.

[Wii]

7 people in a Cessna P210N maybe but just a 210!? Probably not.

[Xyn_Air]

7 people in a Cessna P210N maybe but just a 210!? Probably not. :-X

Yeah, that is what I was thinking.  7 skydivers, which means a total of 8 people with the pilot.

I hate stupid mistakes that lead to tragedies.  >:(

Fly smart,
~Darrin

[Brett_Henderson]

Last spring, I visited my step-brother in Fargo... He heads up a skydiving club there (remember.. I didn't jump ?

[Xyn_Air]

I'd imagine that a jump-modified C210 would be just as easy to manage, CG-wise.. else I'd not imagine that an experienced pilot and experienced jumpers would ever climb into it.

I didn't read all the comments..  Was there a consensus on what happened ?

Ah, good points.  I hadn't taken into consideration a modified 210. Doh!  :-[  That's what I get for opening my yap too quickly without thinking things all the way through.  And, no, I didn't find any consensus as to what happened, though I may look into it later.

Shutting up now,
~Darrin

See edits above.

[DaveSims]

Here is the accident report.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_i ... 7972&key=1

Report states it was a cessna 205, and the cause was determined to be the pilots failure to maintain airspeed which contributed to a spin that he may have not known how to get out of.

[Xyn_Air]

Here is the accident report.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_i ... 7972&key=1

Report states it was a cessna 205, and the cause was determined to be the pilots failure to maintain airspeed which contributed to a spin that he may have not known how to get out of.

Thanks for posting that, Dave.