# NTSB DEN85LA106: Cessna 210, Salt Lake City, UT, April 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1985, 13:13 local (20:13 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16656
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16656/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA106

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (contributing factor)
  - fuel tank selector position - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - mental performance overload, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate training(emergency procedure(s)), pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - emergency procedure - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
- Fire/explosion, descent - emergency
- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - open field

## Analysis

ON APRIL 1, 1985, A CESSNA 210 WITH MEXICAN REGISTRY, XBCKE,PILOTED BY A MEXICAN NATIONAL, LOST ENGINE POWER AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE FLIGHT HAD DEPATED THE GRAND CANYON AZ AIRPORT. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT 3 1/2 QTS OF FUEL WAS IN THE LEFT TANK. THE RIGHT TANK WAS 1/2 FULL NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE ENGINE FUEL LINES. THE PLT STATED HE FOUND THE FUEL GAUGES WERE NEVER ACCURATE. HE DID NOT REFUEL TO FILL THE ACFT PRIOR TO TAKEOFF BUT ESTIMATED 60 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD THE ACFT . THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE RT TANK AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT DID NOT STATE WHEN THE SELECTOR WAS USED OR TO WHAT POSITION DURING THE FLT. ONLYTHE MAGS AND BOOST PUMPS WERE MENTIONED IN THE PLTS WRITTEN ACTIVITIES PERFORMED DURING THE INTERVAL FROM 'RECOGNIZED' LOSS OF PWR BY THE PLT TO THE LANDING SHORT OF THE RWY. NO MALFUNCTIONS OR DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THE FUEL WAS CHECKED FOR WATER OR CONTAMINENTS & NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY WAS SEEN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: XBCKE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064040
- Airframe hours: 333
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Hector Parada
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 16, 1984
- Departed: GRAND CANYON, AZ
- Destination: SLC, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SLC, Slat Lake City, runway 34R, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,500 total, 430 in this make and model, 400 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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