# NTSB LAX86LA058: Cessna 210D, N3762Y, Flagstaff, AZ, December 7, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 6, 1985, 18:53 local (Dec 7, 1985, 01:53 UTC)
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Coordinates: 35.229869, -111.720184 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2299&lon=-111.7202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25032
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25032/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA058

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - failure,partial (cause)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - airport/facilities - snowbank
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT NOTICED A WEAKNESS OF THE ACFT'S LEFT BRAKE DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF BUT ELECTED TO MAKE THE FLT. CONTROL TOWER PERSONNEL AT THE DESTINATION ARPT STATED THE ACFT LANDED LONG AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN ONTO THE RIGHT HIGHSPEED TAXIWAY. THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE RIGHT TURN HE TRIED TO TURN LEFT, BACK ONTO THE RWY, BUT THE ACFT CONTINUED THE RIGHT GROUND LOOP/SWERVE AND COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3762Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058262
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: William M Burg
- Registered owner: Jack F. Cahill
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PHX, PHOENIX, AZ
- Destination: FLG, FLAGSTAFF, AZ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: FLG, Pulliam Field, runway 21, 6,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; commercial, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,594 total, 338 in this make and model, 2,755 as pilot in command, 63 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 20° at 1 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FLG

## 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 19851207061049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851207061049A), Dec 7, 1985: Cessna 210D, Flagstaff, AZ, Substantial damage. After a long landing, the pilot attempted to turnoff early. Aircraft hit a snowbank. Left brake found inoperative.

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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