# Accident 19860712032089A: Cessna T210N, Bullhead City, AZ, July 12, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1986, 21:25 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Bullhead-Laughlin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4492° N, 112.0896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4492&lon=-112.0896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5534Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5534Y-1988-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 1 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX86FA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860712032089A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT HIT POWERLINES DURING A NIGHT APPROACH.THE PILOT FAILED TO FOLLOW PUBLISHED TRAFFIC PATTERN PROCEDURE.

## 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 LAX86FA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FA288), Jul 13, 1986: Cessna T210N (N5534Y), Bullhead City, AZ, destroyed, 6 fatal

## Other reports on N5534Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850910050829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850910050829I), Sep 10, 1985: Cessna T210N (N5534Y), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertantly raised gear on rollout.

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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