# Accident 20081008848919A: Cessna 2105, Payson, UT, October 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2008, 19:45 local time
- Place: Payson, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0200° N, 111.7594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0200&lon=-111.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8374Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8374Z-2010-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 4 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081008848919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 8TH, 2008 IN LOS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, AND EMPLOYED THE SERVICES OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (CFI) TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO SALT LAKE CITY WHILE GIVING INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE OWNER.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED NM AT APPROXIMATELY 1500, THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE FLIGHT HAD A PLANNED FUEL STOP IN MOAB, UT WHICH THEY ELECTED TO PASS UP AND CONTINUE TO THEIR DESTINATION BECAUSE THEY FELT IT WOULD GET DARK ON THEM BEFORE THEY GOT TO SALT LAKE CITY.  AT 4.4 HOURS IN TO THE FLIGHT, APPROXIMATELY 7:30 PM THEY ELECTED TO DO A TOUCH AND GO LANDING IN NEPHI, UT TO GET A FEEL FOR THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING BEFORE THEY LANDED IN SALT LAKE CITY.  THEY DEPARTED NEPHI AIRPORT TOWARDS SALT LAKE CITY THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING AT APPROXIMATELY 7,500 FEET THE ENGINE SUDDENLY QUIT, THE STUDENT RETURNED CONTROL TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AFTER SWITCHING THE FUEL TANK FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT TANK.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WITH NO RESTART, THE STUDENT THEN RADIOED A MAYDAY AND BRACED FOR IMPACT.  THE INSTRUCTOR THEN PICKED A LANDING SPOT THAT APPEARED TO BE A ROAD BUT BECAUSE OF THE LOW LIGHT, TURNED OUT TO BE A CANAL WITH RAILROAD TRACKS IN IT, HE THEN PICKED AN ORCHARD, AND LINED UP ON THE TOPS OF THE TREES AND CRASHED INTO THE ORCHARD.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN 146 FEET RESTING ON THE NOSE AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE AND THE BROKEN REMAINS OF CHERRY TREES, WHERE THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND DIALED 911 ON THERE CELL PHONE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 WPR09CA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA006), Oct 9, 2008: Cessna 210-5(205) (N8374Z), Payson, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power during cruise flight for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident were a dark night and a cherry orchard at the location where the pilot executed the forced…

## Other reports on N8374Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19910122005169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910122005169I), Jan 22, 1991: Cessna 2105 (N8374Z), Santa Rosa, CA, Substantial damage. Lost control of aircraft while taxiing to wash rack from ramp. Struck a hangar no intention to fly.

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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