# NTSB SEA86LA022: Cessna T210N, N1604U, Overton, NV, November 11, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 11, 1985, 13:47 local (21:47 UTC)
- Place: Overton, NV
- Coordinates: 36.390945, -114.369514 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3909&lon=-114.3695&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40332
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40332/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA022

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, approach
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

SEVERAL DIVERSIONS HAD BEEN MADE DUE TO ENCOUNTERING AIRFRAME ICING. ONCE THE PILOT REALIZED THAT A LOW FUEL CONDITION EXISTED HE ASKED FOR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE PILOT HAD TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION 1 MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. DURING LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A STOP SIGN AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO THE ROUGH TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1604U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1604U-1991-02-05), registration cancelled 1991-02-05, S/N 21064708 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210-64228
- Airframe hours: 753
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph Thomas Clark
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 10, 1985, 4 hours before
- Departed: ASE, ASPEN, CO
- Destination: LAS, LAS VEGAS, NV
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: U08, Overton Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 713 total, 467 in this make and model, 595 as pilot in command, 105 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,300 ft overcast
- Temperature: 45 °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 19851111058329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851111058329A), Nov 11, 1985: Cessna T210N, Overton, NV, Substantial damage. After encountering icing descended to VFR. Unable to maintain VFR. Ran out of fuel during vectors to airport.

## Other investigations on N1604U (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 DEN91LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN91LA029), Dec 29, 1990: Cessna T210N (N1604U), Aspen, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION INDUCED POWER LOSS RESULTANT FROM FAULTY FUEL CAPS AND FUEL SYPHONING.

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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