- Date
- August 11, 1991, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chino Valley, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9542TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910811033229A
- Case key
- 27323
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control. A factor in the accident was the slippery condition of the road surface being used as a runway.
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 flight was enroute from albuquerque to an ultimate destination in California with a planned fuel stop at bullhead city, Arizona. In the west central area of Arizona, the flight encountered clouds and rain showers and the pilot elected to reverse course and head for sedona, Arizona. While enroute to the diversionary airport, the flight encountered more weather which obscured the surrounding mountain tops and the pilot decided to land on a dirt road near Chino Valley to wait out the fast moving weather conditions. After the storm passed, the pilot attempted a takeoff from the dirt road. During the takeofff ground roll, the pilot had difficulty maintaining directional control on the slippery mud road surface and the nose landing gear struck a group of rocks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9542T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57342
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry D. Challacombe
- Registered owner
- Larry D. Challacombe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- P06 · Bullhead City, AZ
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 70 in this make and model · 123 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
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 N9542T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.