# Accident 19970405010229A: Cessna T210N, Silver City, NM, April 5, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1997, 11:45 local time
- Place: Silver City, NM
- Airport: Whiskey Creek Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7797° N, 108.2603° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7797&lon=-108.2603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4864U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4864U-1998-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 8 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970405010229A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING. WEATHERVANED INTO CROSSWIND. CROSSWIND COMPONENT EXCEDED. STRUCK DIRT MOUND. (-23) DURING A CROSS WIND LANDING AT WHISKEY CREEK AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN BUT STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT CORRECTED BUT THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 600' PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY WHEN IT IMPACTED A DIRT MOUND APPROXIMATELY 3' HIGH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK, THE NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF AND THE RIGHT WING SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. THE ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE SO ONLY LINES & CABLE HELD THE ENGINE IN PLACE. VERTICAL STABILIZER WAS CRUSHED. LANDING RWY 35. WIND GUSTY 270 DEGREES AT 25.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW97LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA155), Apr 5, 1997: Cessna T210N (N4864U), Silver City, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The high wind and the pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind conditions. Factors were the crosswind and wind gusts.

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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