- Date
- April 6, 1985, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quartzsite, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66MGCessna 210A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850406014019A
- Case key
- 24689
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Proper alignment - not attainedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Analysis
The owner of the airstrip reported that he observed the acft touchdown with its left wheel 2 to 3 ft left of the improved portion of the rwy. Thereafter the acft rolled aprx parallel to the rwy until its left wing hit the top of a 10 ft tree beside the rwy. The acft then swerved into a dirt berm and was further damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66MG
- Reported as
- Cessna 210A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21057556
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jude R Hayes M.D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Desert Gardens, runway 27, 2,500 × 100 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,015 total · 224 in this make and model · 1,805 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.