- Date
- June 5, 1990, 17:30 local (Jun 6, 1990, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marble Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N732KDCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900605018479A
- Case key
- 26836
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot and his delay in attempting a go-around. Factors related to the accident were: the surrounding terrain, unfavorable weather conditions, the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and objects beyond the runway and overrun area.
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
During arrival, the plt made a straight-in apch to land on rwy 3 at the Marble Canyon arpt, which sloped upward to the nne. On the apch, he noted a quartering tail wind, but elected to land uphill on the rwy. Light to moderate turbulence was noted below 700' AGL, & the tailwind seemed to increase below 250' AGL. The plt stated, 'the airplane floated at aprox 200-150 AGL and I decided to go around applying full throttle . . . At the time of power application, heavy sink and moderate to sever turbulence was encountered . . . The plane did not climb so the power was cut . . .' Subsequently, the acft contd beyond the dep end of the rwy & collided with a fence, trees, retaining wall & a parked vehicle before stopping. Estimates of the wind (fm the arpt mgr, witnesses & plt) varied from the NE, nw, w-sw, & s at 5 to 25 KTS & gusting. The rwy was located beside the Colorado river with cliffs on either side of the river. Arpt elev was 3603' & the temp was about 85 deg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732KD
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061565
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Aviation Services West
- Departed
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- L41
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- L41 · Marble Canyon, runway 3, 3,715 × 68 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,908 total · 17 in this make and model · 1,792 as pilot in command · 144 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.