# NTSB LAX89LA305: Cessna 210, N5434V, Marble Canyon, AZ, September 7, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1989, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Marble Canyon, AZ
- Coordinates: 36.739528, -111.849288 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7395&lon=-111.8493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26497
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA305
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26497/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA305

## Probable cause

THE PILOT SELECTED THE WRONG RUNWAY AND LANDED DOWNWIND.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - wind information - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 21 WITH A 20 - 30 KNOT TAILWIND, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY SEVERED THE NOSE GEAR, AND FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. THE PLT REPTD THAT THERE WAS NO WINDSOCK. AIRPORT PERSONNEL REPTD THAT THE WINDSOCK IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5434V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5434V), registered now, S/N 21060947, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 60947
- Airframe hours: 2800
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ahee, Ferris D.
- Registered owner: Ahee, F Donald
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1989, 20 hours before
- Departed: SOW, SHOWLOW, AZ
- Destination: L41
- Airport: L41, Marble Canyon, runway 21, 3,715 × 68 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 30 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 19890907033999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890907033999A), Sep 7, 1989: Cessna 210, Marble Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. Landed with a severe quartering tail wind. Left the runway and nosed over. Failed to check windsock or UNICOM.

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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