# Incident 19960104000089I: Cessna 210M, Indianapolis, IN, January 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1996, 17:10 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8307° N, 86.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8307&lon=-86.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N357TC-2004-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 600 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960104000089I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: INCIDENT WAS DUE TO LOSS OF VISUAL CUES ON LANDING ROLL-OUT. RUNWAY HAD NOT BEEN PLOWED. ESTIMATES 3-4" SNOW ON SURFACE. ON JANUARY 4, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1710 HOURS EST. A C-210 LANDED AT I-14 (EAGLE CREEK AIRPORT), RUNWAY 21. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST SIGHT OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND LOST ALL VISUAL CUES. THIS CAUSED HIM TO DRIFT LEFT OF CENTER AND ENTER A SNOW DRIFT. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSEWHEEL AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE PROP AND RIGHT WING TIP TO BE DAMAGED. THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE COVERED BY A RECENT SNOWFALL THAT DAY AND THERE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N357TC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20020510013719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020510013719A), May 10, 2002: Cessna 210M (N357TC), Watertown, MN, No damage. (-23) Pilot had been doing practice approaches at litchfield (kjlf) while enroute from morris, MN to flying cloud airport located in eden prairie, MN. Mr.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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