# NTSB DEN83FTM03: Cessna T210M, N6011N, Tremonton, UT, November 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: November 24, 1982, 16:31 local (23:31 UTC)
- Place: Tremonton, UT
- Coordinates: 41.690052, -112.26966 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6901&lon=-112.2697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72855
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83FTM03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72855/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FTM03

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING OVER THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY APPROXIMATELY 100 FT AGL PRIOR TO COLLIDING WITH TWO HIGH VOLTAGE POWER TRANSMISSION LINES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6011N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6011N-2013-04-25), registration cancelled 2013-04-25, S/N 21062879, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062879
- Airframe hours: 6845
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: David Harold Wight
- Registered owner: Eli-Est-1, Inc.
- Departed: TREMONTON, UT
- Destination: TREMONTON, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 689 total, 106 in this make and model, 627 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 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 19821124060019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821124060019A), Nov 24, 1982: Cessna T210M, Tremonton, UT, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Struck powerlines and crashed during low level sightseeing flight over a highway.

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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