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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna T210H · Salt Lake City, UT · June 12, 1987

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
June 11, 1987, 20:20 local (Jun 12, 1987, 02:20 UTC)
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N692RFCessna T210H
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report October 25, 1988
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19870611020049A
Case key
17239

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Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

Loss of engine powerDescent - normal
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landingDescent - emergency
In flight collision with terrain/waterLanding - flare/touchdown
Gear extension - initiatedPilot in command
Gear down and locked - not attained

Analysis

The plt rprtd dscndg from 10,500 feet MSL for an apch to rwy 34 right at the Salt Lake City arpt. He stated he had selected landing flaps & had moved the mixture to rich & the prop to high RPM. At 8,500 MSL, 'the engine quit.' Subsequently, the plt made a forced landing on an unfinished section of highway I-215, aprx one mi south of the arpt. The landing gear was not fully extended when the acft touched down. An exam of the acft revealed no evidence of a pre-acdnt failure or deficiency. An opnl check of the eng & a magneto check at 2000 RPM revealed no pre-acdnt problems.

Aircraft

Registration
N692RF
Reported as
Cessna T210H
Category
Airplane
Serial number
T210-0363
Airframe hours
2,055
Engine
Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Registered owner
Lake Aero, Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · May 13, 1987 · 31 hours before
Departed
RKS · Rock Springs, WY
Destination
SLC · Salt Lake City, UT

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
43
Certificate
Private
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land
Medical
Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
270 total · 156 in this make and model · 211 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Visibility
30 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.