# NTSB ATL84FA005: Cessna T210F, N3006R, Glasgow, VA, October 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 2, 1983, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Glasgow, VA
- Coordinates: 37.630973, -79.450317 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6310&lon=-79.4503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6226
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FA005
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6226/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA005

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, go-around (vfr)
  - terrain condition - uphill (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AFTER A HARD LANDING ON A 1200 FT PRIVATE STRIP IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE TWO PILOTS HAD LANDED AT THIS ARPT IN LANDINGS DESCRIBED AS FAST. THEN TWO PASSENGERS WERE INVITED TO RIDE ALONG ONE MORE LANDING WAS COMPLETED ALTHOUGH ONE WITNESS SAID THEY ALMOST NOSED THE PROPELLER INTO THE GROUND DURING HARD BRAKING. ALL LANDINGS WERE FULL STOP SINCE TAKEOFF WAS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN. THE PILOT ON THE LAST LANDING ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND AFTER LANDING AND THE ACRT VEERED LEFT AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE ACFT CARTWHEELED AND WENT BACKWARDS INTO AN EMBANKMENT. BOTH WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLYAFTER THE BOUNCED LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3006R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3006R-1983-12-31), registration cancelled 1983-12-31, S/N T210-0038 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210F
- Registry model: [Cessna T210F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (registry code 2073422) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T210-0038
- Airframe hours: 958
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520C1 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Rockbridge Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 7, 1983, 22 hours before
- Airport: PVT, Balcony Downs, runway 36, 1,200 × 40 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 673 total, 4 in this make and model, 564 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ROA

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831002052669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831002052669A), Oct 2, 1983: Cessna STC210, Glasgow, VA, Destroyed. Pilot made bad landing on short field dragging wing tip causing aircraft to cartwheel.

## Other investigations on N3006R (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 CHI77FEP02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEP02), Oct 21, 1976: Cessna 210T (N3006R), Eau Claire, WI, substantial damage

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.

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