- Date
- July 12, 1986, 21:25 local (Jul 13, 1986, 04:25 UTC)
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5534YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860712032089A
- Case key
- 24926
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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 private pilot, who had accumulated approximately 450 hours of flight experience and his 5 passengers, arrived at the destination airport during darkness. This was the pilot's first landing at the uncontrolled airport and he was not familiar with the traffic pattern. On his arrival he entered the traffic pattern on a right downwind leg to runway 35. This pattern was contrary to the published pattern and the lighted segmented circle visual traffic pattern indicator on the airport. He was unable to comlete his first attempt to land and made a go-around. After climbing past the departure end of the runway the pilot made a left steep turn of approximately 225 degrees. The turn placed the aircraft on a right downwind to runway 35 and it descended into high voltage electrical transmission lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5534Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064240
- Airframe hours
- 1,450
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scottsdale Aero Mech Flying Cl
- Registered owner
- Ecker Stuart T.& D. Knott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 23, 1986 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Destination
- P06 · Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport
- PO6 · Bullhead City, runway 35, 5,060 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 2 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LSV, 67 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.