# NTSB LAX83IA275: Cessna T-210N, N6488N, Furnace Creek, CA, June 9, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: June 9, 1983, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Furnace Creek, CA
- Coordinates: 36.600242, -116.829376 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6002&lon=-116.8294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23589
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83IA275
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23589/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA275

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - weather condition - temperature extremes (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6488N-2011-11-29), registration cancelled 2011-11-29, S/N 21063062, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063062
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830609037759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830609037759I), Jun 9, 1983: Cessna T210N, Furnace Creek, CA, Minor damage. Overran runway on landing. Blamed faulty brakes. Test did not reveal any malfunctions. Heat of day a factor.

## Other investigations on N6488N (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA85LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA008), Oct 13, 1984: Cessna T210N (N6488N), Gabbs, NV, substantial damage

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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