# Accident 20060821018489A: Cessna T210G, South Lake Taho, CA, August 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2006, 17:45 local time
- Place: South Lake Taho, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8396° N, 120.0091° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8396&lon=-120.0091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6821R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6821R-2022-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210G (registry code 2073432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 152 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA279) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060821018489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ON A LONG STRAIGHT IN APPROACH TO THE TVL AIRPORT, HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING FLARE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE RESULTING IN PROPELLER, FIREWALL AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DAMAGE. THE PILOT THEN REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE FAA.

## 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 LAX06CA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA279), Aug 22, 2006: Cessna T210G (N6821R), So Lake Tahoe, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate airspeed and his inadequate remedial actions during a balloon in the landing flare, which resulted in a stall and hard landing.

## Other reports on N6821R (1)

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

- [Incident 19951009038869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951009038869I), Oct 9, 1995: Cessna T210G (N6821R), Blackwell, OK. Narrative: on October 9, 1995, a Cessna 210, piloted by ron halverson, departed ogden, Utah to ponca city, OK (pnc). On descent at pnc, engine started to run…

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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