- Date
- October 18, 1982, 11:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ashton, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1982MCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821018053279A
- Case key
- 69816
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Analysis
During a flight from el paso, TX to three forks, MT, the pilot noted clouds below his cruising altitude while crossing the Montana border. When he arrived at his destination, he was above a solid overcast, so he diverted to west yellowstone, MT. During arrival, he contacted a flight service station for an airport advisory and was informed that the airport was closed for snow removal. He then diverted to st anthony, ID. While enroute, fuel exhaustion occurred. During a forced landing on a road, the aircraft touched down hard and was damaged.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1982M
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061970
- Airframe hours
- 1,246
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Carberry
- Registered owner
- John Carberry
- Departed
- ELP · El Paso, TX
- Destination
- 9S5 · Three Forks, MT
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 594 total · 324 in this make and model · 515 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 97 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IDA, 20 nm away
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 N1982M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.