# Accident 20160202000869A: Cessna 210-5, Lucin, UT, February 2, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2016, 15:19 local time
- Place: Lucin, UT
- Airport: Lucin
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6039° N, 113.0936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6039&lon=-113.0936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8340Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8340Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5 (registry code 2073404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,828 total, 324 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160202000869A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM KOGD TO GO LOOK AT AREAS TO DO OFF AIRPORT LANDINGS. AFTER ARRIVING AT LUCIN HE DECIDED TO DO SOME LOW PASSES OVER THE LANDING AREA TO EVALUATE THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS. BASED ON TRACKS IN THE SNOW IT APPEARED TO BE ONLY A FEW INCHES DEEP. THE PILOT DECIDED TO EVALUATE THE RUNWAY CONDITIONS BY TOUCHING DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. AS THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN IT BROKE THROUGH THE CRUST IN THE SNOW. THE DRAG FROM THE CRUSTED SNOW CAUSED THEM TO DECELERATE RAPIDLY EVEN THOUGH THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER. AS THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE SNOW WHICH THEN CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO CARTWHEEL AND ENDED UPSIDE DOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## 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 GAA16CA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA120), Feb 2, 2016: Cessna 210 (N8340Z), Park Valley, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to drag the left main landing gear on a snow covered dry lake bed, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a nose over during an aborted landing.

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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