- Date
- August 1, 1991, 13:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Aspen, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9711XCessna 210B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910801031149A
- Case key
- 18118
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Probable cause
A pilot induced inadvertent stall. Factors were: the pilot's failure to ascertain the landing gear was down and locked in a timely manner, a low (fluid) level in hydraulic reservoir, causing the hydraulic pump to fluctuate (cavitate), and the pilot's attention being diverted.
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 pilot did not get a landing gear down and locked indication after being cleared to land. During the go around, the pilot attempted to turn to avoid buildings and the airplane stalled and crashed inverted into a tree. There was no evidence of hydraulic fluid leakage. Functional testing of
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9711X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058011
- Engine
- Continental IO-470S-1B, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Muller, Francis J.
- Registered owner
- Muller, Francis J.
- Departed
- MLF · Milford, UT
- Airport
- ASE · Aspen-Pitkin C. Sardy Fie, runway 15, 7,003 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 602 total · 165 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.