# NTSB LAX85LA001: Cessna T210L, N2073S, Redding, CA, October 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 3, 1984, 17:56 local (Oct 4, 1984, 00:56 UTC)
- Place: Redding, CA
- Coordinates: 40.600509, -122.459175 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6005&lon=-122.4592&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24565
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA001
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24565/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA001

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - airspeed(vlof) - not attained, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

RUNWAY 15 WAS IN USE. PLT BROADCAST ON UNICOM FREQ INTENTION TO LAND RWY 15. PLT LANDED ON RWY 33 WITH A 10 KT TAILWIND.ON LANDING ROLL, PLT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP ON REMAINING RWY & GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED. ACFT DID NOT ATTAIN FLYING SPEED BEFORE RUNNING OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO TREES. PLT CITED PREOCCUPATION WITH BUSINESS AND COMPLACENCY AS FACTORS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2073S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2073S-1991-02-05), registration cancelled 1991-02-05, S/N 21061040 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 61040
- Airframe hours: 1225
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William D. Edwards
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 22, 1984
- Departed: VNY, VAN NUYS, CA
- Destination: 085, REDDING, CA
- Airport: 085, Benton, runway 33, 2,420 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,064 total, 1,580 in this make and model, 2,064 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDD, 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 19841003056559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841003056559A), Oct 3, 1984: Cessna T210L, Redding, CA, Substantial damage. Overshot downwind landing. Go around too late. Ran off runway,struck trees and came to rest inverted.

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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