# NTSB LAX85LA195: Cessna 210A, N66MG, Quartzsite, AZ, April 6, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 6, 1985, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Quartzsite, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.659301, -114.22985 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6593&lon=-114.2298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24689/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21057556
- Airframe hours: 2600
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850406014019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850406014019A), Apr 6, 1985: Cessna 210A, Quartzsite, AZ, Substantial damage. Landed with left main off side of improved portion of runway. Wing struck tree.

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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