# Accident 20010503010139A: Cessna T210N, Truckee, CA, May 3, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2001, 20:40 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3200° N, 120.1436° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3200&lon=-120.1436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6425N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6425N-2008-08-14) (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: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 22 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010503010139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. IT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A TAXIWAY SIGN.  THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND FLEW THE PATTERN AND LANDED SAFELY.                                                   (.4) ON MAY 3, 2001, AT 2040 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA T210N, N6425N, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 28, AND STRUCK A LANDING LIGHT AND TAXIWAY SIGN AT THE TRUCKEE-TAHOE AIRPORT, TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT/OWNER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91, AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, AT 1920. THE FLIGHT WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT THE TRUCKEE-TAHOE AIRPORT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, AND THE LANDING WAS ABORTED. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD AGAIN, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS DAMAGED AFTER IT STRUCK A LANDING LIGHT AND TAXIWAY SIGN. THE SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC) INTERVIEWED A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT. THE WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE MADE A HARD LANDING AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY WHERE IT STRUCK A SIGN, AND THEN IT TOOK OFF AGAIN WITH THE SIGN EMBEDDED IN THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WENT AROUND IN THE PATTERN AND LANDED NORMALLY. A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR CONDUCTED AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION. HE REPORTED THAT PART OF A TAXIWAY SIGN WAS EMBEDDED IN THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND COMPRESSION WRINKLES WERE OBSERVED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE NEAR THE BAGGAGE DOOR.

## 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 LAX01LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA164), May 4, 2001: Cessna T210N (N6425N), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper descent and his failure to maintain directioinal control during landing.

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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