# NTSB DEN88LA108: Cessna 210L, N732BR, St. George, UT, May 15, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 15, 1988, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: St. George, UT
- Location: 37.0364° N, 113.5103° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST GEORGE RGNL (SGU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0364&lon=-113.5103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17470
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17470/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA108

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - aircraft performance - exceeded (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing
  - terrain condition - soft

## Aircraft

- Registration: N732BR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061391
- Airframe hours: 2219
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-H4A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Parsons, Bliss J.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1987, 82 hours before
- Departed: SLC, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Airport: SGU, Saint George, runway 16, 6,101 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 238 total, 50 in this make and model, 191 as pilot in command, 43 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 7 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SGU

## 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 19880515023599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515023599A), May 15, 1988: Cessna T210J, Saint George, UT, Substantial damage. Blown off runway alignment in flare, landed in crab in rough ground and collapsed the gear. Wind component exceeded

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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