# Incident 19971116040259I: Cessna 210H, Pagosa Springs, CO, November 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1997, 21:35 local time
- Place: Pagosa Springs, CO
- Airport: Stevens Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2862° N, 107.0560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STEVENS FLD (PSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2862&lon=-107.0560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455WS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N455WS-2014-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210H (registry code 2073436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 478 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971116040259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 16, 1997, THIS PILOT TOOK OFF FROM HIS HOMETOWN AIRPORT AT CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO. IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO PAGOSA SPRINGS, COLORADO WITH A STOP-OFF POINT IN TEXAS TO PICK UP HIS BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL HIS FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT AT HIS POINT OF DESTINATION AT PAGOSA SPRINGS. HE STATED TO ME THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO PORPOISE, SO HE ELECTED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND. THIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT A LANDING RESULTED IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHOCK STRUT PROBLEM, AS WELL AS A FLAT NOSE TIRE. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT LANDING, THE PROPELLER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, WHICH RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP. MR. CHUCK CHRISTENSON, AN INSURANCE ADJUSTER FROM MONTROSE, COLORADO, AS WELL AS A CERTIFICATED A & P MECHANIC, INSPECTED THIS AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE AIRCRAFT TO HAVE MINOR DAMAGE. NTSB ADVISED ME THAT THEY CONSIDER THIS AN INCIDENT. PAGOSA SPRINGS AIRPORT IS A 7700 FOOT ELEVATION, AND HE WAS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO MAKING LANDINGS AT THIS ALTITUDE WITH 2 (TWO) PASSENGERS ON BOARD. SINCE THIS INCIDENT, ON HIS OWN VOLITION, HE HAS RECEIVED ADDITIONAL DUAL INSTRUCTION WITH FOCUS ON HIGH MOUNTAIN AIR PORTS AND WEIGHT AND BALANCE. INCIDENT IS CLOSED, NO FURTHER ACTION.

## Other reports on N455WS (2)

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

- [Incident 20050214001209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050214001209I), Feb 14, 2005: Cessna 210H (N455WS), Portales, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On February 14, 2005, at approximately 1415 MST, the pilot in command of a Cessna 210 aircraft, inadvertently failed to lower the landing gear handle…
- [Incident 20041011023749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041011023749I), Oct 11, 2004: Cessna 210H (N455WS), Clovis, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On October 11, 2004, at approximately 1550 MST, N455WS, a Cessna model 210H, operated by Mr. George simms, who was practicing VFR traffic patttern work…

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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