# NTSB DEN85LA090: Cessna 210, N7409E, Bountiful, UT, March 9, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1985, 18:15 local (Mar 9, 1985, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Bountiful, UT
- Coordinates: 40.879978, -111.819175 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8800&lon=-111.8192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16645
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16645/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA090

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (contributing factor)
  - fuel tank selector position - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ON MARCH 8, 1985, A CESSNA 210, OPERATED BY THE PILOT, LOST ENGINE POWER AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED HURRICANE, UTAH AND THE DESTINATION WAS BOUNTIFUL SKYPARK APRT. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING FERRIED TO THE AIRPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED 1/4. THE ENGINE WAS EXAMINED AND NO FUEL FOUND. THE ENGINE WAS TEST RUN AND OPERATED IN A NORMAL MANNER. A PLACARD IN THE AIRPLANE STATES THAT TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ARE NOT TO BE PERFORMED WITH 1/4 TANK OR LESS. THE PLT DID NOT FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT AND AS A RESULT SOME OF THE DATA FIELDS ARE UNFILLED IN THIS COMPILATION OF KNOWN DATA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7409E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7409E), registered now, S/N 57109 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Warren Rogers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: HURRICANE, UT
- Destination: BTF, BOUNTIFUL, UT
- Airport: Sky Park Airport, runway 35

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: expired; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SLC, 10 nm away

## 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 19850308008749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850308008749A), Mar 8, 1985: Cessna 210, Bountiful, UT, Substantial damage. Fuel starvation due to low fuel quantity and uncoordinated flight. No aircraft annual or ferry permit.

## Other investigations on N7409E (3)

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.

- [NTSB CEN09CA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA260), Apr 22, 2009: Cessna 210 (N7409E), Richmond, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot under instruction's failure to lower the landing gear and the instructor pilot's inadequate supervision.
- [NTSB DEN90LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA007), Oct 11, 1989: Cessna 210 (N7409E), Ogden, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN ENGINE STOPPAGE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.
- [NTSB LAX68D0351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0351), Feb 29, 1968: Cessna 210 (N7409E), Douglas, AZ, substantial damage

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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