- Date
- June 28, 1981
- Place
- Tonopah, NV · TONOPAH, NV
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6631PCessna P210N
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810628036359A
- Case key
- 125444
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1181 81/6/28 TONOPAH,NV CESSNA P210N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2203 N6631P PX- 0 0 4 BUSINESS AGE 26, 1410 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 237 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TONOPAH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA TONOPAH,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RCVD WNDSHFT ADZRY BFR LNDG RWY 15,WENT ARND.UN MAINT ALT,DNWND/BASE,RWY 33.HIT WIRES,NGT.EL 5427.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6631P
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tonopah
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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