# NTSB SEA86LA190: Cessna T210L, N5118Q, Elko, NV, August 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1986, 13:18 local (20:18 UTC)
- Place: Elko, NV
- Coordinates: 40.950317, -115.789146 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9503&lon=-115.7891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40462/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA190

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 23 THE AIRCRAFT DEVIATED TO THE RIGHT AND THE PILOT CORRECTED FIRST WITH RUDDER AND THEN LEFT BRAKE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE A GO AROUND AND FLY OUT OF THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL CONDITION. SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5118Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5118Q-2007-05-19), registration cancelled 2007-05-19, S/N 21059618, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059618
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-H 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Clinton G. Sayler
- Registered owner: Bleak Titan Properties Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 1, 1986, 4 hours before
- Departed: HIO, HILLSBORO, OR
- Destination: EKO, ELKO, NV
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: EKO, Elko Municipal, runway 23, 6,401 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 326 total, 225 in this make and model, 326 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: EKO

## 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 19860802036949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860802036949A), Aug 2, 1986: Cessna T210L, Elko, NV, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on flap retraction during rollout, ran off runway. Attempted go around, struck embankment.

## Other investigations on N5118Q (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 FTW04LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA195), Jul 22, 2004: Cessna T210L (N5118Q), Columbus, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll and abort the attempted takeoff.

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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