# NTSB LAX82FA208: Cessna T210N, N4777Y, Humphreys Peak, AZ, June 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1982, 19:25 local (Jun 4, 1982, 02:25 UTC)
- Place: Humphreys Peak, AZ
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71114
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FA208
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71114/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA208

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - distance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

TE ACFT IMPACTED HUMPHREYS PEAK AT 10,200 FT MSL. THE LAST WX OBSERVATION AT GRAND CANYON WAS AT 1745. THE REPORTED WWX WAS A CLEAR SKY & 50 MI VISIBILITY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4777Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4777Y-1984-01-13), registration cancelled 1984-01-13, S/N 21064008 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064008
- Airframe hours: 644
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Larry Ludden
- Registered owner: Larry Ludden
- Departed: PGA, PAGE, AZ
- Destination: SDL, SCOTTSDALE, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 4,400 total, 1,500 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 160 °F
- Observed at: GCN, 42 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820603023719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820603023719A), Jun 3, 1982: Cessna T210N, Humphrey Peak, AZ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into mountainside in level flight attitude. Weather was clear with some turbulence. Reason unknown. .

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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