Carson City Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Carson City, Nevada 89701
Saturday, January 14, 1989 13:35 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ENG FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND. THE PLT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON UNPREPARED TERRAIN BEYOND THE RUNWAY. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE HAD SEPARATED DUE TO WEAR.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

SEPARATION OF THE THROTTLE CABLE DUE TO WEAR AS POWER WAS APPLIED FOR A LANDING GO-AROUND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS ROUGH TERRAIN AT THE TOUCHDOWN POINT OF THE FORCED LANDING.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 1/14/1989
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1335
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City CARSON CITY
Event State NEVADA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 89701
Event Date Year 1989
Event Date Month 1
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport CARSON CITY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 004
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 4697
Weather Briefing Completeness Not pertinent
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation 1353 Pacific Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 165
Weather Observation Facility ID RNO
Elevation of weather observation facility 4412
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 20
Time Zone of the weather observation PST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 3200
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 40
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 2
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -7
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 360
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 9
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 30
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jan 14 1989 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1445
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 38008
Date of most recent change to record Feb 6 2004 1:21PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\HAMG
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N7342E
NTSB Number SEA89LA034
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 210
Aircraft Series Identifier 210
Aircraft Serial Number 57042
Certified Max Gross Weight 2900
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jan 30 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 44
Airframe Hours 2229
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ALVARO DIAZ
Aircraft Owner Street Address 730 SOUTH SARATOGA AVENUE W305
Aircraft Owner City SAN JOSE
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 95129
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SJC
Departure City SAN JOSE
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 1230
Departure Time Zone PST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Feb 6 2004 1:21PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\HAMG
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27
Runway Length 5900
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --