# NTSB SEA85LA008: Cessna T210N, N6488N, Gabbs, NV, October 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 13, 1984, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Gabbs, NV
- Coordinates: 38.799991, -118.109672 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8000&lon=-118.1097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40079
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40079/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA008

## Analysis

ON LANDING TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT BOUNCED AND BALLOONED BACK INTO THE AIR. PLT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE FOR GO-AROUND, BUT ENGINE RESPONDED WITH PARTIAL POWER, INSUFFICIENT FOR SUCCESSFUL GO-AROUND. PLT THEN CUT THROTTLE IN ATTEMPT TO REMAIN WITHIN AIRPORT CONFINES BUT POWER REMAINED THE SAME. PLT THEN PLACED MIXTURE IN CUT-OFF AS ACFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND CROSSED A ROAD INTO ROUGH TERRAIN. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE PERFORMED NORMALLY IN TEST RUN, NO INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE REGARDING POSSIBLE THROTTLE CONTROL MALFUNCTION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, landing
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Overrun, landing
  - remedial action - not possible, pilot in command
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6488N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6488N-2011-11-29), registration cancelled 2011-11-29, S/N 21063062, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063062
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Western Aero
- Registered owner: Ray Gonzales
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: FAT, FRESNO, CA
- Destination: GAB, GABBS, NV
- Airport: GAB, Gabbs

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 15,587 total, 195 in this make and model, 14,987 as pilot in command, 201 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## 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 19841013055649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841013055649A), Oct 13, 1984: Cessna T210N, Gabbs, NV, Substantial damage. Ballooned on short runway, attempted go around, full power not attained, aborted, ran off end of runway.

## Other investigations on N6488N (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX83IA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83IA275), Jun 9, 1983: Cessna T-210N (N6488N), Furnace Creek, CA, incident, minor damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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