- Date
- July 12, 1990, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pinon, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5393ACessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900712025379A
- Case key
- 26645
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to attain the proper touchdown point during the landing, her delay in initiating a go-around (aborted landing), and her failure to remain clear of power lines on rising terrain during the aborted landing. Factors related to the accident were: high density altitude, rising terrain and the obstacle (power line) off the departure end of the runway, the pilot's lack of experience in short field operations at high density altitude, and inadequate surveillance by company/operator management.
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 flt was schedule to take psgrs to a pvt, unattended, dirt strip nr a work site. Permission to lnd at the strip was not obtained, tho prior permission was reqd. The strip was rough; drainage at the apch end of rwy 1 had eroded the gnd, making its effective length abt 2800 ft. also, there was no windsock at the strip, its elev was 6315 ft & the density alt was abt 9000 ft. a witness rprtd the plt lndd on rwy 1, just byd the midpoint. After touchdown, the acft's wings were seen to rock back & forth, then the acft bcm airborne again. Drg a go-arnd (aborted lndg), the acft was climbing ovr rising trrn north of the strip, when it collided with a power line (abt 90 ft abv the rwy elev) & crashed. The plt had lndd with a slgt tailwind. No preimpact part failure/malfunction of the acft was fnd. The plt lacked experience in lndg on short strips with hi density alt. The lndg gear & flaps were fnd in the retracted psn. Flap setting of 10 to 20 deg was rcmdd for short fld/rough fld/soft fld/min gnd run tkof. Tkof dstc of 2200 ft was reqd to clr 50 ft obstacle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5393A
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063410
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R(1), 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Sky Cab
- Registered owner
- Sunwest Executive Charters Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 4E0 · Taylor, AZ
- Destination
- 93V
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- 93V · Pinon, runway 1, 3,200 × 40 ft, dirt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 1,860 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5393A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.