# Accident 20191024022149A: Cessna 210-5A(205A), Payson, AZ, October 24, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2019, 16:00 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Airport: Red Creek Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1583° N, 111.7317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1583&lon=-111.7317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8326Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8326Z-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5A(205A) (registry code 2073204, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5a-205a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5A(205A)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 550
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 472 total, 95 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191024022149A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 24, 2019 AT 16:00 MST, CESSNA AIRCRAFT N8326Z, MODEL 210-5A (205A), S/N 205-0326, CRASHED AT RED CREEK AIRSTRIP. LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES NORTH OF DEER VALLEY AIRPORT, PHOENIX, ARIZONA. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE RISING TERRAIN AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE DIRT LANDING STRIP UNDER DAY, VFR CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR SCRATCHES AND DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

## 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 WPR20LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA017), Oct 24, 2019: Cessna 205 (N8326Z), Red Creek, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly configure the flaps for an aborted landing, which resulted in degraded climb performance and impact with vegetation at the end of the runway.

## Other reports on N8326Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19761028034189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761028034189A), Oct 28, 1976: Cessna 2105A (N8326Z), Utica, MI, Substantial damage. Entrd a soft fld abt 100 yds beyond rwy.

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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