# NTSB LAX82FA262: Cessna T-210L, N66GH, Reno, NV, July 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 16, 1982, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Reno, NV
- Coordinates: 39.480792, -119.739028 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4808&lon=-119.7390&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FA262
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72368/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA262

## 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 - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66GH-1984-11-16), registration cancelled 1984-11-16, S/N 21059686 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059686
- Airframe hours: 3219
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820716029409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820716029409A), Jul 16, 1982: Cessna T210L, Reno, NV, Destroyed. Struck ground in wings level nose down attitude. No engine or aircraft defects. Cause of accident not known.

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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