- Date
- November 22, 1989, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gillette, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N843YTCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891122047249A
- Case key
- 17870
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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Probable cause
Forced landing in unsuitable terrain as a result of an engine crankshaft failure at low level cruise flight.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,crankshaft - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
Terrain condition - none suitableFactor
Wheels up landing - intentionalFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetation
Aircraft
- Registration
- N843YT
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060416
- Airframe hours
- 5,216
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R9, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- True Oil Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 16, 1989 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Destination
- GLL · Gillette, WY
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
N843YTRegistered now · Cessna T210NAirframe modelCessna T210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,300 total · 3,500 in this make and model · 11,000 as pilot in command · 139 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.