# Incident 20210929018649I: Cessna T210N, Van Nuys, CA, September 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2021, 09:20 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1867° N, 118.4490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Nuys, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1867&lon=-118.4490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5340Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5340Y) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 22,700 total, 1,450 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210929018649I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. HE VERFIED THAT THE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND ALSO CONFIRMED THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED VIA A MIRROR INSTALLED ON THE AIRPLANE. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT. AS HE SLOWED DOWN TO EXIT THE RUNWAY HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO VEER TO THE LEFT. HE THEN HEARD A POP AND THEN THE NOSE WENT DOWN CAUSING PROPELLER STRIKE TO ALL 3 BLADES.

## Other reports on N5340Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20180914022309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180914022309A), Sep 14, 2018: Cessna T210N (N5340Y), San Luis Obispo, CA, Substantial damage. San Luis Obispo, CA: N5340Y, C210, on landing RWY29 right gear failed causing aircraft to veer off rwy. Substantial damage to tail, stabilizer, and rt wing…

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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