# NTSB SEA86LA184: Cessna T-210, N4137C, Battle Mountain, NV, July 25, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 25, 1986, 11:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place: Battle Mountain, NV
- Coordinates: 40.469577, -117.03086 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4696&lon=-117.0309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40457
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA184
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40457/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA184

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,total (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - none suitable (cause)

## Analysis

AFTER A LOSS OF POWER AND A PROPELLER OVERSPEED, A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE. THE PILOT DIVERTED FROM TWO CHOSEN LANDING SITES DUE TO POWER LINES CROSSING THEM. A ROAD WAS CHOSEN AND DURING LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT'S WING TIP CLIPPED THE TOP OF A FENCE. THE NUMBER 5 ROD BOLT WAS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4137C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4137C), registered now, S/N 21063566, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-210
- 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: 4137C
- Airframe hours: 1900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert Angell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 1986
- Departed: BOI, BOISE, ID
- Destination: SNA, SANTA ANA, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,325 total, 221 in this make and model, 1,200 as pilot in command, 80 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19860725036709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860725036709A), Jul 25, 1986: Cessna T210N, Battle Mountain, NV, Substantial damage. Engine failed in flight. Clipped a fence while landing on a road then ran into a ditch. Engine had thrown a rod.

## Other investigations on N4137C (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 WPR10CA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA190), Apr 3, 2010: Cessna T210N (N4137C), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to identify the snow-covered runway, which resulted in an off-runway landing and subsequent collision with a berm.

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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