# NTSB DEN83FA087: Cessna T210M, N6140B, Salt Lake City, UT, March 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1983, 10:48 local (17:48 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15978
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83FA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15978/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FA087

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise
  - air navigation aids,vor - not operating (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)

## Analysis

BEFORE DEPARTING PHOENIX, AZ, THE PLT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING, WAS ADVISED OF FORCASTED ICING CONDITIONS & WAS INFORMED THAT THE SALT LAKE CITY (SLC) VORTAC WAS OUT OF SERVICE. WHILE EN ROUTE, AT 0931, HE RECEIVED A WX UPDATE. THE SLC WX AT THAT TIME WAS, IN PART: 2200 BROKEN, 5000 OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 20, LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WITH PRECIP HEAVIER SE THRU SW,TOWERING CUMULUS SW THRU W. THE FORCAST WAS FOR 1000 FT CEILING, SKY OBCURED, VISIBILITY 1 MI WITH SNOW SHOWERS. HE WAS ADVISED THAT ELY, NV WAS CLEAR & COULD CONSIDER DEVIATING TO THE WEST, IF NECESSARY. AT 1036, THE PLT CALLED SLC TOWER. HIS TRANSMISSIONS WERE BROKEN, BUT ANOTER PLT RELAYED THAT HE WAS NEAR TOOELE, UT, BETWEEN LAYERS, VFR & WANT DISTANCE INFO. SHORTLY AFTER THAT RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST. WHEN THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. ON 3/29/83, IT WAS FOUND WHERE IT HAD IMPACTED THE SIDE OF FARNSWORTH PEAK BETWEEN TOOELE & SLC. ITAP INFO SHOWED THAT THE ACFT HAD TRACKED NORTHBOUND BEYOUND TOOELE TO THE GREAT SALT LAKE, THEN EAST TOWARD SLC. TOOELE WX: IMC, LOW CIG, SNO, MTN OBSCD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6140B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6140B-1985-09-18), registration cancelled 1985-09-18, S/N 210-62691 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062691
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Richard M. Hobson
- Registered owner: D&H Aircraft Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 13, 1983
- Departed: PHX, PHOENIX, AZ
- Destination: SLC, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 500 total, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 32 °F

## 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 19830326009979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830326009979A), Mar 26, 1983: Cessna T210M, Salt Lake City, UT, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Impacted a rock cliff on a mountain side at cruise airspeed. Snow showers in area. Mountains obscured by clouds.

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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