# NTSB LAX84LA354: Cessna T210N, N6406Y, Camp Verde, AZ, June 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 15, 1984, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Camp Verde, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.480697, -111.78038 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4807&lon=-111.7804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24312
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA354
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24312/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA354

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, unknown
  - landing gear,tire - failure,total (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT ROLLED ABOUT 200 TO 250 FT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THEN BEGAN VEERING TO THE LEFT. HE ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BY APPLYING RIGHT RUDDER & BRAKE, BUT WAS UNUSCCESSFUL. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR HIT A BERM, LEFT OF THE RWY, & COLLAPSED. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE LEFT TIRE HAD DEFLATED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TIRE & TUBE HAD BEEN REPLACED DURING THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION, 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. WHEN THE TUBE WAS INSTALLED, IT WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE 2 WHEEL HALVES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6406Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6406Y-2001-04-05), registration cancelled 2001-04-05, S/N 21064366 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064366
- Airframe hours: 1075
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSI0-520R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Pabst Airways Inc, doing business as Arizona Air
- Registered owner: E.M.C. Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 5, 1984, 14 hours before
- Departed: SDL, SCOTTSDALE, AZ
- Destination: E56, CAMP VERDE, AZ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: E56, Camp Verde, runway 15, 3,900 × 100 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,817 total, 392 in this make and model, 1,723 as pilot in command, 162 in the last 90 days, 28 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 175° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

## 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 19840615024849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840615024849A), Jun 15, 1984: Cessna T210N, Camp Verde, AZ, Substantial damage. During landing roll pilot was unable to maintain directional control of aircraft because of left tire deflation.

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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