# Accident 20191224022439A: Cessna 210L, Concord, NC, December 24, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2019, 16:20 local time
- Place: Concord, NC
- Airport: Spencer
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4000° N, 80.6236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4000&lon=-80.6236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30259, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30259-2021-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191224022439A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A WET GRASS RWY AT NC35 WITH 3 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.  AFTER TOUCHING DOWN NEAR MIDPOINT OF THE 2,180' GRASS STRIP, PILOT SUSPECTING AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT STOP PRIOR TO END OF RWY, DEPARTED RUNWAY STRIKING SEVERAL TREES ALONG RIGHT EDGE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURY.  PASSENGERS NOT INJURED.

## 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 ERA20LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA070), Dec 24, 2019: Cessna 210 (N30259), Concord, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A malfunction of the left main landing gear brake during landing for undetermined reasons. Contributing was the pilot’s failure to attain a proper touchdown point and maintain an appropriate approach…

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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