# NTSB DEN88FA109: Cessna T210N, N5402Y, Albuquerque, NM, May 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 17, 1988, 17:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17367
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88FA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17367/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA109

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - windshear (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5402Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5402Y-2013-04-09), registration cancelled 2013-04-09, S/N 21064196, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064196
- Airframe hours: 748
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: W. S. Brown, Inc.
- Registered owner: W. S. Brown, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 13, 1987, 57 hours before
- Departed: CNM, CARLSBAD, NM
- Destination: 4AC
- Airport: 4AC, Coronado, runway 21, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,146 total, 1,146 in this make and model, 693 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 17 knots, gusting 37
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ABQ, 6 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 19880517014889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880517014889A), May 17, 1988: Cessna T210N, Albuquerque, NM, Destroyed, 5 fatal. Lost control circling after a go around in severe windshear. Pitched up rolled and crashed. Thunderstorm in area.

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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