# Accident 20130728026069A: Cessna 210M, Shirley, NY, July 28, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2013, 11:42 local time
- Place: Shirley, NY
- Airport: Brookhaven Calabro Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8219° N, 72.8669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8219&lon=-72.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N450EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N450EM-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,862 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA338) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130728026069A

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO USE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. LEAVING ELEVATOR TRIM INCORRECTLY SET NOSE DOWN. PILOT UNAWARE OF TRIM SETTING  FEELS HEAVY CONTROL INPUT NEEDED TO CLIMB IS ABNORMAL AND DURING TAKEOFF CLIMB OUT AT 25FT. PILOT ELECTS TO REDUCE THROTTLE AND ABORTS TAKEOFF IN CLIMB OUT PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT NOSE DOWN, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE RUNWAY, NOSE GEAR COLLASPED AND AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER STRIKING RH WING ENDING UPSIDE DOWN OFF RUNWAY PAVEMENT.

## 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 ERA13CA338](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA338), Jul 28, 2013: Cessna 210M (N450EM), Shirley, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control during an aborted takeoff as a result of his failure to properly configure the elevator trim prior to flight.

## Other reports on N450EM (2)

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

- [Incident 20000207002849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000207002849I), Feb 7, 2000: Cessna 210 (N450EM), Trenton, NJ, Minor damage. On February 7, 2000, at approximately 1615 EST, a Cessna 210, N450EM, registered to nsn aviation, inc., and operated by the pilot as a 14 CFR part 91 training…
- [Accident 19951228042679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951228042679A), Dec 28, 1995: Cessna 210M (N450EM), Baltimore, MD, Substantial damage. Landing on runway, swerved to miss a deer, gear collapsed. (.4)the pilot stated that just as the airplane touched down, he heard a thud, and the airplane…

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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