# NTSB DEN82DA053: Cessna T210G, N6907R, Moab, UT, March 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 14, 1982, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Moab, UT
- Coordinates: 38.529037, -109.550125 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5290&lon=-109.5501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71733
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71733/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA053

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND ON AN ABANDONED DIRT RUNWAY NEAR DEADHORSE POINT. INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN LONG ON RUNWAY 21 AND COLLIDED WITH AN ELEVATED DIRT ROAD THAT CROSSES THE RUNWAY. TWO IMPACT MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. INJURY INDEX IS PRESUMED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6907R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6907R-2013-08-20), registration cancelled 2013-08-20, S/N T210-0307, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210G
- Registry model: [Cessna T210G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210g) (registry code 2073432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T210-0307
- Airframe hours: 2615
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-C 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: South Denver National Bank
- Airport: Abandoned Strip, runway 21, 2,500 × 0 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 5 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820314009069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820314009069A), Mar 14, 1982: Cessna T210G, Moab, UT, Substantial damage. Abandoned aircraft found on abandoned airport. Aircraft had collided with elevated dirt road that crossed runway.

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.

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