# Accident 19851229066759A: Cessna T210L, West Valley, UT, December 29, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1985, 13:50 local time
- Place: West Valley, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7312° N, 111.9658° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7312&lon=-111.9658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2082S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2082S-1985-12-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 2,150 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN86FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851229066759A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MADE A STEEP DESCENT AT A VERY HIGH AIRSPEED DURING AN ILS APPROACH. SUSTAINED AN INFLIGHT AIRFRAME BREAKUP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN86FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA056), Dec 29, 1985: Cessna T210L (N2082S), West Valley, UT, destroyed, 6 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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