- Date
- September 25, 1984, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mexican Hat, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N75870Cessna T207A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840925051269A
- Case key
- 16490
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated after accident that while on final approach with eng pwr reduced for landing, the acft began to descend below the desired glidepath. When the throttle was advanced there was no added thrust. An in-flight restart was unsuccesful. The acft landed short of the runway an collided with a dirt embankment. Post crash functional test of the eng revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction or failure that would preclude normal eng operation. The eng did fail when the mixture control was set for smooth eng operation, the boost pump was in the off position and the throttle rapidly advanced from a low pwr setting to full pwr.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75870
- Reported as
- Cessna T207A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700648
- Airframe hours
- 1,711
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-250-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Nevada Leasing I, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1984 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 73V · Oljato
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,525 total · 12 in this make and model · 1,468 as pilot in command · 253 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PGA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.