- Date
- March 20, 1987, 00:37 local (07:37 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8105GCessna T210K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870320008019A
- Case key
- 25392
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After overloading the aircraft with 5 pax and baggage, the pilot departed on a personal cross country flight to phoenix, AZ. He climbed the acft to and maintained an altitude of 14,500 feet MSL until reaching salt lake city, UT. The aircraft was then descended to an altitude of 7,500 feet MSL and later climbed back to 14,500 feet MSL. When the aircraft was approximately 60 miles north of Prescott,AZ the pilot had extended his VFR flight plan by 15 minutes. After an actual enroute time of 5 hours and 27 minutes and when the aircraft was about 20 miles south of Prescott the engine failed at 14,500 feet. The aircraft struck a tree and collided with the ground in an abandoned cellar during the night, off airport, forced landing. No fuel was found in the aircraft's fuel system and no fuel leakage was noted at the accident site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8105G
- Reported as
- Cessna T210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059405
- Airframe hours
- 1,971
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Meyer, Wayne G.
- Registered owner
- Meyer, Wayne G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 27, 1986 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 130 in this make and model · 1,452 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 6 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.