# NTSB DEN89LA135: Cessna 210, N9515Y, Halls Crossing, UT, June 9, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 9, 1989, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Halls Crossing, UT
- Coordinates: 37.57088, -110.320785 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5709&lon=-110.3208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 24, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17719
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN89LA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17719/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA135

## Probable cause

INADEQUATE AIRCRAFT HANDLING BY THE PILOT, RESULTING IN A RUNWAY OVERRUN.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - aircraft handling - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT SAID HE LANDED ON RWY 16, A 3,865 X 65 FT DIRT RWY, WITH CALM WINDS. THE PLT SAID THAT DURING LANDING ROLL, HE APPLIED BRAKES AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO BRAKING ACTION. THE AIRPLANE RAN OFF THE SOUTH END OF THE RWY AND DOWN A 30 FT EMBANKMENT. A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE TO EXPLAIN THE REPORTED BRAKE MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9515Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064534
- Airframe hours: 982
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Thomas M. Abbott
- Registered owner: T. M. Abbott & C. T. Dryness
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1988, 107 hours before
- Departed: MTJ, MONTROSE, CO
- Destination: U22
- Airport: U22, Halls Crossing, runway 16, 3,865 × 65 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 890 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °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 19890609015119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890609015119A), Jun 9, 1989: Cessna T210N, Glen Canyon Nat, UT, Substantial damage. Unable to stop after landing on sod strip went off end and down embankment. Blamed brakes. No defects found.

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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