- Date
- June 9, 1983, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Furnace Creek, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6488NCessna T-210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830609037759I
- Case key
- 23589
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - temperature extremesFactor
Judgment - poorFactor
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft overran the rwy while landing with a tailwind component & with a temperature of 105 degrees. The brakes appeared to be normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6488N
- Reported as
- Cessna T-210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063062
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Western Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Ray Jr. And Mary Gonzales
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FAT · Fresno, CA
- Destination
- LO6
- Airport
- LO6 · Death Valley, runway 33, 3,300 × 70 ft, asphalt
N6488NRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2011 · Cessna T210NAirframe modelCessna T210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DRA, 50 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.
Other investigations on N6488N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.