# NTSB DEN84LA092: Cessna T-210, N6479N, Duchesne, UT, February 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 17, 1984, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Duchesne, UT
- Coordinates: 40.100429, -110.490516 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1004&lon=-110.4905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16337
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16337/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA092

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - level off - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - whiteout (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RWY DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE PLT STATED THAT HE COULD NO DETERMINE WHERE THE CENTER OF THE RWY WAS DUE TO ABOUT 2 INCHES OF FRESH SNOW. THE RT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED & THE NOSE GEAR FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6479N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6479N), registered now, S/N 21063053, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-210
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063053
- Airframe hours: 2557
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Fbn Leasing Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 15, 1983, 39 hours before
- Departed: SLC, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: U69, Duchesne

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,265 total, 85 in this make and model, 4,213 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 4 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 19840217004219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840217004219A), Feb 17, 1984: Cessna T210N, Duchesne, UT, Substantial damage. Pilot made landing on snow covered runway and aircraft wheel hit clump of snow. Aircraft veered off 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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