- Date
- July 16, 1982, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66GHCessna T-210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820716029409A
- Case key
- 72368
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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 was descending in a mountainous area and did not clear the high terrain before collision with the ground occurred. The pilot was in radio communication with Reno tower and was given landing instructions. There was no verbal indication of trouble on the radio. No malfunctions were found in the equipment. The elevation of the crash site was about 5,960 ft MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66GH
- Reported as
- Cessna T-210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059686
- Airframe hours
- 3,219
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- George Hutchins-DBA Equipment
- Registered owner
- George Hutchins-DBA Equipment
- Departed
- CA09 · Round Mountain, NV
- Destination
- Birmingham, AL
- Airport
- RNO · Reno Cannon International, runway 25, 6,101 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 40 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 7 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.