- Date
- August 20, 1986, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lages, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1873FCessna 210F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860820043979A
- Case key
- 40470
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The plt was unable to divert around numerous thunderstorms along in his flight path. Subsequently, he made a precautionary landing on a soft, dry lake bed were the aircraft nosed over.
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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - thunderstormFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Nose over
Precautionary landing - performed
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1873F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058773
- Airframe hours
- 2,791
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Erb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 18, 1986 · 109 hours before
- Departed
- Bonneville Salt, UT
- Destination
- 004 · Carson City, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
N1873FRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Cessna 210FAirframe modelCessna 210FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 123 total · 123 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.