- Date
- February 28, 1982, 18:38 local (Mar 1, 1982, 02:38 UTC)
- Place
- Verdi, NV
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93338Cessna T21OL
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820228000909A
- Case key
- 72921
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Prior to the acft's departure from truckee-tahoe arpt, an inbound plt recommended via radio that the flt not go because he had just flown thru the donner pass & the wx was terrible. He reported the wind 25-35K, gusting 40-45K. The flt received a wx briefing which included pireps, area forecasts & sigmets containing moderate to severe turbulence. The flt departed truckee at aprx 1800 & at 1818 estimated their position 20 mi north of truckee at an altitude of 9,000 ft. at 1826 ATC advised the flt that they still were not picking him up on radar & for him to proceed to intecept V6N airway. At 1835 the flt reported upon request they had not yet passed truckee intersection. At 1837:20 the flight reported they were going to turn & try to make it back to reno. At 1837:38 the flt transmitted a mayday. The acft crashed about 4 mi north of Verdi on a slope of pearvine mountain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93338
- Reported as
- Cessna T21OL
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060367
- Airframe hours
- 1,915
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H-4A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rayn-Aire
- Registered owner
- William Dobbs
- Departed
- TRK · Truckee, CA
- Destination
- SQL · San Carlos, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 438 total · 3 in this make and model · 282 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 136 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RND, 10 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.