# NTSB DEN87FA041: Cessna T210M, N6577B, Albuqerque, NM, January 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 5, 1987, 13:02 local (20:02 UTC)
- Place: Albuqerque, NM
- Coordinates: 35.059753, -106.61927 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0598&lon=-106.6193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17090
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87FA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17090/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA041

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, climb
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - company-induced pressure, company/operator management (cause)
  - weather condition - obscuration (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly

## Analysis

THE PLT ELECTED TO TAKEOFF FROM ABQ INTERNATIONAL ARPT DURING THE PASSAGE OF A SEVERE WX SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH HIS DEPARTURE WAS SUCCESSFUL HIS FLT PATH WAS HEADING TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS EAST OF ABQ. HE WAS OBSERVED TURNING NORTH UP A CANYON. SHORTLY AFTER TURNING, THE ACFT IMPACTED A 20 DEGREE SLOPE IN RISING TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6577B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6577B-1988-06-09), registration cancelled 1988-06-09, S/N 21062789 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062789
- Airframe hours: 2176
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Wayne South, doing business as South Aero Services
- Registered owner: Airpix Limited
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 21, 1986, 16 hours before
- Departed: ABQ, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Destination: TCC, TUCUMCARI, NM

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,571 total, 1,571 in this make and model, 1,441 as pilot in command, 88 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 38 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19870105000169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870105000169A), Jan 5, 1987: Cessna T210M, Albuquerque, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft hit the side of a canyon. The pilot was attempting to fly under a violent frontal weather system.

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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