# NTSB DEN89LA026: Cessna 210D, N3811Y, Malta, MT, October 19, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 19, 1988, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Malta, MT
- Coordinates: 48.160198, -107.869232 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1602&lon=-107.8692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17637
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN89LA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17637/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA026

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PRIVATE PLT, ALONE IN THE AIRCRAFT, WAS PERFORMING A LANDING ON A PAVED ROAD AT A HUNTING RESORT. DURING FINAL APPROACH THE CESSNA STRUCK POWER LINES AND DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE ROAD AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED A BENT ENGINE TUNNEL AND FIREWALL. THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WERE HIGH TENSION WIRES ON EACH END OF THE ROAD WHICH HE OBSERVED DURING SEVERAL LOW PASSES THAT HE MADE BEFORE LANDING. HE DID NOT OBSERVE, HOWEVER, TWO SMALLER WIRES UNTIL IMMEDIATELY BEFORE CONTACTING THEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3811Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3811Y-1990-08-14), registration cancelled 1990-08-14, S/N 21058311 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Registry model: [Cessna 210D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (registry code 2073414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058311
- Airframe hours: 3728
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Skaw, Jack E.
- Registered owner: Jack Skaw
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 17, 1988, 30 hours before
- Departed: MLK, MALTA, MT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,530 total, 150 in this make and model, 1,530 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots, gusting 5
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F

## 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 19881019049019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881019049019A), Oct 19, 1988: Cessna 210D, Malta, MT, Substantial damage. Struck wires on approach to a road. Damaged nose gear collapsed on landing.

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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