# Accident 20110305012849A: Cessna 210, Pahrump, NV, March 5, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2011, 16:58 local time
- Place: Pahrump, NV
- Airport: Calvada Meadows
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2708° N, 115.9950° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2708&lon=-115.9950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9400T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9400T-2017-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 30 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110305012849A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 5, 2011, AT 1658 PST, CESSNA 210, N9400T, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR CALVADA MEADOWS AIRPORT (NV74), PAHRUMP, NEVADA. WHILE LANDING TO RUNWAY 15, THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR RESULTING IN THE AIRFRAME AND PROPELLER STRIKING THE GROUND. THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO REGAIN FLIGHT TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 150-200 FEET AT WHICH TIME HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE MOUNTS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER AND THE PILOT INITIATED A FORCED LANDING TO AN ADJACENT FIELD. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR "DUG INTO THE GROUND" CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ON IT'S LATERAL AXIS. THE PRIVATE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR11LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA154), Mar 6, 2011: Cessna 210 (N9400T), Pahrump, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear prior to touchdown and his improper decision to abort a gear-up landing following a propeller strike.

## Other reports on N9400T (1)

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

- [Incident 19990721023819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990721023819I), Jul 21, 1999: Cessna 210 (N9400T), Three Forks, MT, Minor damage. (-23) Helena FSDO incident no. INM05519990030, gear-up landing. Private pilot (cert. Issued 12/97) stated he was distracted by other air traffic and forgot to…

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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