- Date
- October 25, 1990, 11:06 local (17:06 UTC)
- Place
- Carbondale, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N761TWCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901025047039A
- Case key
- 18006
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid the power line.
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.
Analysis
The acft was being delivered to the owner after maintenance had been performed. During the flt, it collided with a high voltage power line & crashed. About 1 mi before reaching the acdnt site, the acft was observed flying at low altitude in a canyon. Witnesses rprtd that it then disappeared from their view behind higher terrain before it crashed. No preimpact part failure or malfunction of the acft was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761TW
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062514
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- West Star Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- GJT · Grand Junction, CO
- Destination
- ASE · Aspen, CO
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,054 total · 145 in this make and model · 1,823 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 58 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ASE, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.