- Date
- November 4, 1988, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Monte Vista, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6240BCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881104049619A
- Case key
- 17638
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The private plt was flying 2 friends to his farm. His dirt strip runs east and west, but prevailing winds were 320 deg at 40, gusting to 50 KTS. A cross wind landing to the west had to be aborted and the plt elected to land to the north, on an access road. During roll out a gust turned the acft left and the plt lost control. The left wing struck a power pole, 50 feet left of the landing area, and damaged the outer 18 inches of the wing. The acft rolled 75 yards and came to rest.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6240B
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 62718
- Airframe hours
- 1,329
- Engine
- Continental IO-540-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vantreese, Earl C., doing business as Vantreese Farms
- Registered owner
- Van Treese Farms, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1988 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- 0C09
- Airport
- 0C09 · Private Strip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,197 total · 876 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 40 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.