# Accident 20140622008339A: Cessna 210A, Port Angeles, WA, June 22, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2014, 15:45 local time
- Place: Port Angeles, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1186° N, 123.4931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1186&lon=-123.4931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9457X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9457X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 615 total, 200 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA261) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140622008339A

## Narrative

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

DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT, HE STATED THAT AFTER TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 26 AT WILLIAM FAIRCHILD AIRPORT, PORT ANGLES, WASHINGTON, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A RIGHT TURNING GROUND LOOP, COLLAPSING THE GEAR AND SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO PRE ACCIDENT ABNORMALITY?S, AND STATED HE BELIEVED IT WAS DUE TO A GUST OF WIND.  WIND WAS 300 @ 10KTS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR14CA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA261), Jun 22, 2014: Cessna 210A (N9457X), Port Angeles, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground-loop.

## Other reports on N9457X (1)

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

- [Incident 19971004042649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971004042649I), Oct 4, 1997: Cessna 210A (N9457X), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: on 10-4-97, at approximately 10:15 am a Cessna 210A, piloted by walter w. bell, sustained minor damage upon landing at pwa, in bethany, OK. The…

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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