# NTSB OAK79DVW07: Cessna T210, N93368, Death Valley, CA, January 2, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: January 2, 1979
- Place: Death Valley, CA · DEATH VALLEY, CA
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 13, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 138232
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK79DVW07
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVW07

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0019   79/1/2    DEATH VALLEY,CA     CESSNA T210         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 611
        TIME - 1130                    N93368              PX-  0  0  5  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DEATH VALLEY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PALM SPRINGS,CA             DEATH VALLEY,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - SANDY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY
        REMARKS- A/C WENT INTO SAND AT END OF RUNWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93368](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93368-2013-03-18), registration cancelled 2013-03-18, S/N 21060379, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Death Valley

## 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 19790102000129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790102000129A), Jan 2, 1979: Cessna T210L, Death Valley, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot landed long and ran off end of runway into rough sand and overturned.

## Other investigations on N93368 (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA80FYM34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FYM34), May 9, 1980: Cessna T210L (N93368), Vancouver, WA, substantial damage

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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