# Accident 20180509016949A: Cessna P210N, Grass Valley, CA, May 9, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2018, 11:20 local time
- Place: Grass Valley, CA
- Airport: Grass Valley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2231° N, 121.0053° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2231&lon=-121.0053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210BG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210BG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA271) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180509016949A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 9, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS, N210BG, A CESSNA 210 AIRCRAFT, WAS EN ROUTE FROM NERVINO/BECKWOURTH (A02) TO VISALIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (VIS). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE PREDOMINANT.

THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE OBSERVED SEVERAL FASTENERS "POP" OPEN ON THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE COWLING AND A FEW MINUTES LATER SEVERAL MORE "POPPED" OPEN. THE AIRMAN, FEARING THAT THE ENGINE COWLING MIGHT SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AN EXPEDITED LANDING TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT (GOO) GRASS VALLEY.

THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE WAS QUITE NERVOUS THAT THE ENGINE COWLING MIGHT SEPARATE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT CONTROL SURFACES AND WANTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE LOSING THE ENGINE COWLING IN FLIGHT.

DURING LANDING AT GOO THE PILOT APPROACHED AT A STEEPER THAN NORMAL ANGLE AND LANDED APPROXIMATELY MID-FIELD. PILOT APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING AS WELL AS AERODYNAMIC BRAKING BUT COULD NOT STOP THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, CONTINUED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND IMPACTED A LINE OF HEAVY BRUSH.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED IAW CP AS TO PILOT RESPONSIBILITIES DURING ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES.

## 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 GAA18CA271](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA271), May 9, 2018: Cessna P210 (N210BG), Grass Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a long landing and a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N210BG (2)

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

- [Accident 19961217040659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961217040659A), Dec 17, 1996: Cessna P210N (N210BG), Muskogee, OK, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route at night at FL100 cruise. Crash landed on airport. Failed lean properly. (-23) leif langbakk had been hired to fly N210BG to little…
- [Incident 19951126045249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951126045249I), Nov 26, 1995: Cessna P210N (N210BG), Crafton, ND. Narrative: elevator trim stuck in takeoff position when departing lewiston, Montana. Pilot experienced elevator control problems and diverted to VFR…

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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