# NTSB DEN86FA112: Cessna T-210N, N6535N, Jay Em, WY, April 9, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 9, 1986, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Jay Em, WY
- Coordinates: 42.500774, -104.509254 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5008&lon=-104.5093&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16815
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86FA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16815/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA112

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - icing conditions
  - weather condition - turbulence(thunderstorms)
- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, maneuvering
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT TOOK OFF ON A VFR FLT INTO AN AREA OF FORECAST ADVERSE WX. RADAR TRACK OF THE ACFT AT 9,700 FEET MSL WAS LOST IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE AT 0930 MST, 4/9/86. THE ACFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED AT 1155 MST, 4/10/86 AND WAS SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 2,000 FEET LONG. THE CABIN AND COCKPIT WERE DESTROYED BY A POST IMPACT FIRE. THE PLT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6535N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6535N-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N 21063091 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 63901
- Airframe hours: 1204
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Bower Brothers
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 29, 1985, 78 hours before
- Departed: WRL, WORLAND, WY
- Destination: AIA, ALLIANCE, NE
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; toxicology performed

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 30 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft overcast
- Observed at: 2 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 19860409046629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860409046629A), Apr 9, 1986: Cessna T210N, Jay Em, WY, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Pilot continued into IMC and aircraft crashed out of control. Several witnesses described poor flying conditions.

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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