# Accident 19900708024589A: Cessna T210K, Everett, WA, July 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1990, 11:34 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Airport: Snohomish County - Paine Fld
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8896° N, 122.2500° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8896&lon=-122.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9407M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9407M-1993-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 627 total, 3 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA90FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900708024589A

## Narrative

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

STOWABLE RUDDERS APPARENTLY NOT LOCKED IN ON TAKEOFF. UNABLE TO STEER ELECTED ABORT LATE. LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## 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 SEA90FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA125), Jul 8, 1990: Cessna T210K (N9407M), Everett, WA, destroyed. Probable cause: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT BY NOT ASSURING THAT THE RUDDER PEDALS WERE PROPERLY ENGAGED. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF…

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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