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DEN93LA022

1993-01-08 · MONTE VISTA, Colorado, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport MVI

Current FAA registration · N96LL

Make / Model
CESSNA T210L
Year of manufacture
1974 · 19 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19740618
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AD5AD2

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SNOWBANK WHICH WAS LEFT ON THE RUNWAY AS A RESULT OF INADEQUATE PLOWING.

Factual narrative

DURING A NIGHT FLIGHT, A SNOW PLOW CLEANED THE RUNWAY. THE PLOWING WAS DONE OFF CENTER AND DID NOT ENCOMPASS THE FULL WIDTH OF THE RUNWAY, THUS LEAVING A SNOWBANK ON THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE FLIGHT LANDED, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS IN THE SNOWBANK CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SWERVE TO THE LEFT. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE SNOWBANK, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1993_DEN93LA022.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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