# Accident 20170408003669A: Cessna 210D, Santa Teresa, NM, April 8, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2017, 09:00 local time
- Place: Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport: Dona Ana County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8806° N, 106.7033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8806&lon=-106.7033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3938Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3938Y-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 139 total, 25 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA226) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170408003669A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 8, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 MDT, A CESSNA 210M, N3938Y, FLIPPED OVER UPON A HARD LANDING AT 5T6, DONA ANNA COUNTY INTERNATIONAL JET PORT, SANTA TERESA, NM, WHILE ON A LOCAL PROFICIENY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 5T6 ON APRIL 8, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 MDT.

## 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 GAA17CA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA226), Apr 8, 2017: Cessna 210 (N3938Y), Santa Teresa, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, porpoised landing and subsequent nose-over.

## Other reports on N3938Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19910716034189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910716034189I), Jul 16, 1991: Cessna 210D (N3938Y), St Cloud, MN, Minor damage. Pilot made a gear up landing.

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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