# Accident 20170915020789A: Cessna T210N, Watsonville, CA, September 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9358° N, 121.7905° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9358&lon=-121.7905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5391A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5391A) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170915020789A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00 PDT, N5391A, CE-T210N LANDING AT WATSONVILLE AIRPORT (WVI).  IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT:  JUST BEFORE LANDING WIND WAS VARIABLE AT 5 AND ALL THE FEEL OF LANDING INCLUDING FLARE WAS UNEVENTFULL AND WHEN NOSE GEAR TOUCHED THE GROUND I FELT A JERK AND NEXT THING I REMEMBER IS PROP DRAGGING ON RUNWAY FOR FEW HUNDRED FEET BEFORE COMPLETE STOP.

## 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 WPR17LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA204), Sep 15, 2017: Cessna T210N (N5391A), Watsonville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing and subsequent nose gear separation.

## Other reports on N5391A (2)

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

- [Incident 20220312023269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220312023269I), Mar 12, 2022: Cessna T210N (N5391A), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. Prop strike upon landing rwy 29R, POB 5. No injuries. Spoke to pilot who stated that upon normal landing a gust of wind caused aircraft to settle…
- [Incident 20080510847849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080510847849I), May 10, 2008: Cessna 210 (N5391A), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on runway 10R at Flying Cloud Airport (fcm) and turned left northbound on echo taxiway when nose gear collapsed.

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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