# NTSB SEA90FA125: Cessna T210K, N9407M, Everett, WA, July 8, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1990, 11:34 local (18:34 UTC)
- Place: Everett, WA
- Coordinates: 47.889575, -122.250015 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8896&lon=-122.2500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 5 minor
- Status: Completed, report November 9, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41116
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA90FA125
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41116/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90FA125

## Probable cause

INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT BY NOT ASSURING THAT THE RUDDER PEDALS WERE PROPERLY ENGAGED. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - flt control syst,rudder control - not engaged (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted

## Analysis

THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA T210K, WHO WAS A CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ELECTED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE FROM THEE RIGHT SEAT, WHILE CARRYING PASSENGERS ON A RECREATIONAL FLIGHT. HE STATED THAT HE HAD DIFFICULTY TAXIING & MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SHORTLY AFTER LIFT-OFF & WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE & IMPACT DAMAGE. THE STOWABLE RUDDER PEDALS WERE FOUND TO BE IN THE STOWED POSITION. THE PANEL KNOB FOR THE STOWABLE PEDALS WAS IN THE ENGAGED POSITION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9407M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9407M-1993-08-05), registration cancelled 1993-08-05, S/N 21059307 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- Registry model: [Cessna T210K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (registry code 2073447) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210-59307
- Airframe hours: 3934
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-H1 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Morcom Aviation Services, Inc., doing business as Regal Air
- Registered owner: Centurian Assoc. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 19, 1990, 64 hours before
- Departed: PAE
- Destination: FRH, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA
- Airport: PAE, Snohomish County, runway 34, 9,010 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 627 total, 3 in this make and model, 578 as pilot in command, 145 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PAE

## 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 19900708024589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900708024589A), Jul 8, 1990: Cessna T210K, Everett, WA, Destroyed. Stowable rudders apparently not locked in on takeoff. Unable to steer elected abort late. Lost control and crashed.

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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