# Accident 19990531045639A: Cessna 210K, Mountain View, AR, May 31, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1999, 18:00 local time
- Place: Mountain View, AR
- Airport: Harry E Wilcox Memorial Field
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 35.8703° N, 92.1095° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8703&lon=-92.1095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9483M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9483M-2012-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210K (registry code 2073446, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990531045639A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 31, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HRS LOCAL TIME, CESSNA 210-K N9483M, PILOT BY ^PRIVACY DATA O^ A PRIVATE PILOT, ATTEMPTED A LANDED AT MOUNTAIN VIEW AIRPORT IN ARKANSAS AFTER RETURNING TO A FLIGHT TO KNOXVILLE, TENN. ACCORDING TO AN EYE WITNESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED WHO WAS WATCHING THE APPROACH, "HE APPEARED TO BE A LITTLE TOO HIGH AND A LITTLE TOO FAST WITH A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE".  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A HARD LANDING AND SUBSEQUENTLY LEFT THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE.  AS THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DROPPED ONTO A DITCH, THE RIGHT WING CAME DOWN ON A FENCE POST, DAMAGING THE RIGHT AILERON AND WING SPAR.  THE PILOT INIATED A GO AROUND AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 27.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS 4 PASSENGERS.  VMC CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME AND THE RUNWAY WAS DRY.  THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO HARGUS AND MASSEY AVIATION OF RUSSELVILLE, AR.

## 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 FTW99LA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA158), May 31, 1999: Cessna 210K (N9483M), Mountain View, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control during the landing flare/touchdown. Factors were the pilot's delay in aborting the landing and the fence post.

## Other reports on N9483M (2)

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

- [Incident 20020802020409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020802020409I), Aug 2, 2002: Cessna 210K (N9483M), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) On 08/02/02 Cessna 210K registration number N9483M flown by Mr. Steven nolte. Mr. Nolte reduced power to start his descent from 3000 feet while on…
- [Incident 19980303011739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980303011739I), Mar 3, 1998: Cessna 210K (N9483M), Russellvile, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 3, 1998, at 1325 cdst, Cessna model 210K, N9483M, owned and operated by herschell h. hargus made an emergency gear up landing at it's point…

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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