# NTSB ATL84LA155: Cessna 210D, N3882Y, Shaw, MS, April 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1984, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Shaw, MS
- Coordinates: 33.599796, -90.769844 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5998&lon=-90.7698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6446
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA155
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6446/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA155

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - flight control,flap attachment - previous damage (contributing factor)
  - flight control,flap attachment - overload (contributing factor)
  - flight control,flap surface - asymmetrical (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - control interference - inadvertent, passenger (contributing factor)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - pressure induced by others, other person (contributing factor)
  - precautionary landing - premature, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP IN A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AFTER A CONTROL DIFFICULTY IN FLT. ON BASE LEG A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND THE ACFT STARTED TO ROLL RIGHT. CONTROL FORCES WERE HEAVY SO THE OTHER PLT IN THE FRONT SEAT TRIED TO HELP ON THE CONTROLS. THEY THOUGHT THE AILERONS HAD FAILED, THEN THE PLT NOTICED RIGHT FLAP WAS UP SO HE STARTED TO RAISE THE FLAPS. HE SAID THE OTHER PLTS INPUTS CONFUSED AND ALARMED HIM SO HE GAVE IN TO THE PLEAS OF THE PASSENGERS TO 'PUT IT ONTHE GROUND'. HE RAISED THE GEAR AND TOUCHED DOWN BEFORE THE GEAR WAS FULLY UP ON PLOWED GROUND. THE ACFT SLID 200 FT ANDNOSED OVER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ONLY CONTROL PROBLEM WAS THE FAILED PUSH-PULL ROD (CESSNA P/N 120058-2) ON THE RIGHT FLAP. THEY FAILED IN OVERLOAD WITH A RUSTED FRACTURE SURFACE ON ONE WHICH INDICATED SOME PREVIOUS DAMAGE. THESE RODS WERE IN SERVICE 2040 HOURS. THE MOST RECENT INSPECTION WAS AN ANNUAL 19 TACH HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3882Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058382
- Airframe hours: 2840
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A5B 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial observation, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harold C. Tapley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 28, 1983, 19 hours before
- Departed: SHAW, MS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 13,250 total, 300 in this make and model, 13,250 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GWO, 45 nm away

## 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 19840428014669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840428014669A), Apr 28, 1984: Cessna 210D, Shaw, MS, Substantial damage. Right flap push pull rods broke with flaps extended. Tried to raise flaps, passenger pilot fought controls. Crashed

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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