# Accident 19891025042809A: Cessna T210L, Penasco, NM, October 25, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1989, 07:30 local time
- Place: Penasco, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1709° N, 105.6907° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1709&lon=-105.6907&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93110, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93110-1990-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 990 total, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891025042809A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED AND BURNED WHILE FLYING LOW AND SLOW OVER STEEP MOUNTAIN AREA ON SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. DOWNDRAFTS.

## 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 DEN90FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA013), Oct 25, 1989: Cessna T210L (N93110), Penasco, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER INFLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO OBTAIN…

## Other reports on N93110 (1)

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

- [Incident 19861109064739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861109064739I), Nov 9, 1986: Cessna T210L (N93110), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. As aircraft taxied west into sun, propeller struck taxiway light. Minor damage.

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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