- Date
- November 24, 1988, 16:44 local (23:44 UTC)
- Place
- Cortez, CO
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6105RCessna T210F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881124051799A
- Case key
- 17571
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt obtained a wx briefing from las vegas fss and was told that flt under VFR was not recommended for the proposed flt to durango (dro). The plt filed a VFR flt plan and departed las vegas. Over page, AZ, he filed a PIREP and was again told VFR flt not recommended. N6105R landed at blanding, ut (bdg) due to snow and the plt and his passengers had thanksgiving dinner with the airport manager. The plt then called his wife in dro who said the wx was okay, obtained a wx briefing from cedar city fss, and departed bdg. The aircraft crashed approximately 2 miles nne of the Cortez airport, about halfway between its departure point and its destination. It came to rest in a snow covered ravine adjacent to a highway. Witnesses said visibility was restricted due to snow, fog, and diminishing daylight. The pilot was not instrument rated. Analysis of the pilots gastrocnemius muscle tissue revealed 0.057% ethanol and less than 0.005% tert-butanol, a form of heavy alcohol.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6105R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T210-0005
- Airframe hours
- 2,877
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-CCM, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robinson, William J.
- Registered owner
- William J Robinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1988 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- BDG · Blanding, UT
- Destination
- DRO · Durango, CO
- Airport
- CEZ · Cortez-Montezuma County, runway 21, 7,205 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 308 total · 47 in this make and model · 245 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6105R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.