- Date
- August 17, 1984, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cone, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6462NCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840817044709A
- Case key
- 23988
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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 acft made a forced lndg after a loss of power during in flt cruise at 9500 ft MSL. The plt squawked 'indent' following radio contact with artc during a 'may day' call. Later, the transponder was used for 'emer 7700' squawking. The plt spotted a road he believed suitable for lndg and made a circling approach to touchdown on rising terrain about 182 ft short of the roadway. The touchdown spot was about 30 ft below the road bed at a ground elevation of 6120 ft. the touch down spot was about 182 ft short of the road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6462N
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063036
- Airframe hours
- 1,286
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Turbo Flite, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1983 · 101 hours before
- Departed
- MYF · San Diego, CA
- Destination
- DRO · Durango, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 525 total · 426 in this make and model · 421 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMN, 48 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.