# Incident 20050424007379I: Cessna 210H, El Monte, CA, April 24, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6137F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6137F) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 700 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050424007379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLARED TOO HIGH AND ATTEMPTED TO FORCE THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND, RESULTING IN A SEVERE PORPOISE. AFTER SEVERAL CYCLES, THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE MOUNT AND NOSE GEAR. THE FIREWALL WAS UNDAMAGED.

## Other reports on N6137F (1)

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

- [Accident 19970208001399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970208001399A), Feb 8, 1997: Cessna 210H (N6137F), Big Bear, CA, Substantial damage. Left main landing gear folded on landing roll. Gear not locked down due stuck limit switch blocked sequencing.

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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