# NTSB LAX86LA103: Cessna T210N, N6594Y, Tucson, AZ, January 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 1, 1986, 20:00 local (Jan 2, 1986, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Coordinates: 32.150417, -110.930572 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1504&lon=-110.9306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25062
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25062/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA103

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT PLANNED TO FLY NONSTOP FM HOUSTON, TX, TO PHOENIX, AZ. HE REPORTED THAT DURING THE TRIP HE ENCOUNTERED 'FLUCTUATING HEAD WINDS' & HE MISCALCULATED THE ACFT'S ENDURANCE. FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED 8 MILES FM TUCSON, AZ., & THE PLT MADE A SUCCESSFUL NIGHTIME FORCED LDG ON INTERSTATE HWY 10. AFTER REFUELING & WITH THE AID OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, THE PLT & HIS PASSENGER TOOK OFF FROM THE HWY. AFTER ACCELERATING TO BETWEEN 40 & 50 KNOTS, THE ACFT DRIFTED FROM THE CENTER OF THE HWY & ITS WING COLLIDED WITH A NEARBY MESQUITE TREE. THE ACFT REMAINED AIRBORNE, & THE PLT CONTINUED FLYING TO HIS DESTINATION. WHERE HE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6594Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6594Y-2010-12-23), registration cancelled 2010-12-23, S/N 21064448, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064448
- Airframe hours: 1163
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TS10-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Channel Island Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Channel Islands Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 4, 1985, 46 hours before
- Departed: TUCSON, AZ
- Destination: PHX, PHOENIX, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 720 total, 116 in this make and model, 508 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 11 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 280° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## 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 19860101002139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860101002139A), Jan 1, 1986: Cessna T210N, Tucson, AZ, Substantial damage. The wingtip clipped a tree on a night takeoff from I10. The aircraft continued flight. Pilot had run out of fuel.

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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