# Accident 20250529005719A: Cessna T210M, Tucson, AZ, May 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2025, 09:45 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6419B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6419B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,305 total, 1,030 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250529005719A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND HE FLARED INCORRECTLY LEADING TO THE MAIN GEAR HITTING THE RUNWAY HARD. THIS LED TO THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISING ONTO THE NOSE GEAR WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR LOWER STRUT TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT. PIC WAS UNAWARE OF THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTING WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISING ONE MORE TIME RESULTING IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT RESTING ON THE RUNWAY.

PIC STATED THAT NO MECHANICAL ISSUES EXISTED AND FURTHER STATED THAT HE TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR25LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA164), May 29, 2025: Cessna T210M (N6419B), Tucson Estates, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N6419B (1)

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

- [Incident 19810402025819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810402025819I), Apr 2, 1981: Cessna T210M (N6419B), Ashtabula, OH, Minor damage. Pilot had been making touch and go landings with gear down. Retracted gear on last landing and forgot to extend.

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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