# Accident 20100403030819A: Cessna T210N, Truckee, CA, April 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2010, 09:00 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3195° N, 120.1802° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3195&lon=-120.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4137C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4137C) (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 MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,244 total, 1,794 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10CA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100403030819A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LINED UP AND LANDED ON WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS RUNWAY 28. HE ACTUALLY LANDED TO THE NORTH OF THE RUNWAY STRIKING SNOW BERMS AS HE CROSSED RUNWAY 1/19.

## 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 WPR10CA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA190), Apr 3, 2010: Cessna T210N (N4137C), Truckee, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to identify the snow-covered runway, which resulted in an off-runway landing and subsequent collision with a berm.

## Other reports on N4137C (3)

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

- [Incident 20230806018559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230806018559I), Aug 6, 2023: Cessna T210N (N4137C), Truckee, CA, Minor damage. On August 6, 2023, at approximately 1247 PDT, pilot was conducting a personal 14 CFR 91 flight arriving at ktrk. On approach pilot did not get a green light…
- [Incident 20031004025159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031004025159I), Oct 4, 2003: Cessna T210N (N4137C), San Carlos, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated that he became distracted during the landing phase of the flight and forgot to put the landing gear down on landing. The aircraft slid…
- [Accident 19860725036709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860725036709A), Jul 25, 1986: Cessna T210N (N4137C), Battle Mountain, NV, Substantial damage. Engine failed in flight. Clipped a fence while landing on a road then ran into a ditch. Engine had thrown a rod.

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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