# Incident 19971228042659I: Cessna 210B, Bakersfield, CA, December 28, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1997, 18:09 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9572X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9572X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971228042659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 28.1997, JACK LARRY JOHNSON, ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF A CESSNA 210B, N9572X, WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 30R AT MEADOWS FIELD, BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA AT 1809 PST. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER THEN MADE GROUND CONTACT FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. THE NOSE COWLING DID NOT MAKE GROUND CONTACT. THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT FIRE WALL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NO APPARENT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION COULD BE FOUND.

## Other reports on N9572X (1)

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

- [Incident 19900403015999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900403015999I), Apr 3, 1990: Cessna 210B (N9572X), Webster, SD. Departed the taxiway while turning onto turf runway. Nose wheel sank into the mud.

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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