- Date
- May 18, 1982, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N30796Cessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820518019479A
- Case key
- 72469
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
One of the runways at the destination airport was out of service. After landing, the pilot was instructed to hold for air carrier aircraft. After about a five minute delay, he was cleared to the general aviation parking area. In the meantime, there was a wind-shift from an approaching thunderstorm. The pilot stated that while he was taxiing to the parking area, ground control was reporting that the wind was from the west at 25 gusting 45 KTS. After parking in a north-south direction, the pilot waited for a line boy to come and tie down the aircraft. He remained in the aircraft with the engine running since this helped increase the elevator and rudder effectiveness. He reported that the wind gusts increased to 65 KTS, and subsequently, the aircraft was blown sideways, then flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30796
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059963
- Airframe hours
- 5,985
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Color Canyons Aviation
- Registered owner
- Lee C. Atkin
- Departed
- CDC · Cedar City, UT
- Destination
- Clear Lake, IA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SLC · Salt Lake City Int'L
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,530 total · 684 in this make and model · 3,300 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N30796 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.