# Accident 20001027017199A: Cessna T210N, Santa Teresa, NM, October 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2000, 19:50 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport: Santa Teresa Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8714° N, 106.6734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Teresa, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8714&lon=-106.6734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5170Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5170Y-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,985 total, 457 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001027017199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT; WAS ON A FLIGHT FROM WICHITA, KANSAS TO SANTA TERESA, NM. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ALND AT SANTA TERESA AIRPORT, HE REALIZED DURING LANDING FLARE THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE APPLIED POWER TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND BUT PULLED THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE UP TO FAST WHICH RESULTED IN STALLING THE A/C. THE A/C IMPACTED THE FROUND VERY HARD RESULTING IN SERIOUS BACK INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.                                        (.4) ON OCTOBER 27, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1950 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA T210N, N5170Y, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN WHILE THE PILOT WAS EXECUTING A GO-AROUND AT SANTA TERESA AIRPORT, SANTA TERESA, NEW MEXICO.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRPLANE, RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM WICHITA, KANSAS, APPROXIMATELY 5 HOURS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT HAD FILED AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, DURING THE LANDING FLARE THE PROPELLER BLAD ES BEGAN STRIKING THE RUNWAY AND HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE SAID THAT HE "PULLED UP ON THE YOKE, APPLIED POWER, BUT THE THREE DAMAGED PROPELLER BLADES PREVENTED A SUCCESSFUL GO AROUND."  HE SAID THAT THE AIRPLANE STALLED, AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE, BOTH WING SPARS BENT, AND THE FUSELAGE WAS WRINKLED.  THE PILOT FRACTURED SEVERAL VERTEBRAS.  THE PILOT SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THAT FATIGUE WAS A FACTOR.  HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN IN AN INTENSIVE FLIGHT-TRAINING PROGRAM ALL WEEK, AND HAD BEEN UP SINCE 0530 ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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