# NTSB DEN87LA141: Cessna T210H, N692RF, Salt Lake City, UT, June 12, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 11, 1987, 20:20 local (Jun 12, 1987, 02:20 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Coordinates: 40.740619, -111.979637 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7406&lon=-111.9796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17239
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA141
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17239/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA141

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, descent - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - initiated, pilot 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N692RF-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N T210-0363, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210H
- Registry model: [Cessna T210H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210h) (registry code 2073438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T210-0363
- Airframe hours: 2055
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870611020049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870611020049A), Jun 11, 1987: Cessna T210H, Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. Engine quit on approach to airport. Forced landing on unfinished highway. Gear not fully extended. Blames vapor lock

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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