# NTSB LAX82DA199: Cessna 210, N9316D, Roosevelt, AZ, May 28, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1982, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Roosevelt, AZ
- Location: 33.6573° N, 111.1270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roosevelt, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6573&lon=-111.1270&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72425
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA199
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72425/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA199

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING HE ELECTED TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND BUT FAILED TO CLEAR A FENCE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT THE TEMPERATURE WAS 90 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WITH A DENSITY ALTITUDE OF 5,100 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9316D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9316D-1983-02-10), registration cancelled 1983-02-10, S/N 57509 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57509
- Airframe hours: 2134
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-47O 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Earl B. Merritt
- Registered owner: Earl B. Merritt
- Departed: PHX, PHOENIX, AZ
- Destination: VERO BEACH, FL
- Airport: E75, Grapevine, runway 16, 3,900 × 170 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 510 total, 130 in this make and model, 440 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 194 °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 19820528019999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528019999A), May 28, 1982: Cessna 210, Roosevelt, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted go-around after touchdown and aircraft crashed through fence at end of runway.

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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