# Incident 20000602018879I: Cessna 210H, Monterey, CA, June 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2000, 14:08 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Monterey Peninsula
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6012° N, 121.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monterey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6012&lon=-121.8828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5969F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5969F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210H (registry code 2073436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 75 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000602018879I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 2, 2000 AT 1408 A CESSNA 210 OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTEDWAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING INCIDENT DURING A PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING A HARD LANDING AT MONTEREY PENINSULA AIRPORT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT HELD A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PETALUMA, CA ON JUNE 2, 2000.  A WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT "CAME IN VERY FAST AND FLAT".  A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE PILOT HAD TOLD HIM THAT HE STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND MADE A HARD LANDING.  THE PILOT SATISFACTORILY PASSED A REEXAMINATION OF HIS COMPETENCE TO HOLS HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ON AUGUST 17, 2000.

## Other reports on N5969F (1)

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

- [Incident 19920610023349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920610023349I), Jun 10, 1992: Cessna 210H (N5969F), Petaluma, CA, Minor damage. Pilot admitted he forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.

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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