# NTSB ATL98LA048: Cessna 210, N7398E, Hazel Green, AL, February 21, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1998, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Hazel Green, AL
- Coordinates: 34.920539, -86.559501 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9205&lon=-86.5595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 26, 1998
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 3973
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL98LA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3973/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA048

## Probable cause

the pilot's improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing and the nose gear collapsing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

The pilot reported that after a flight in close vicinity of the airport, he made a hard landing. This resulted in the nose gear collapsing and the propeller striking the runway.

## Factual narrative

On February 21, 1998, at 1030 central standard time, a Cessna 210, N7398E, nose gear collapsed during landing at Hazel Green Airport in Hazel Green, Alabama.  The personal flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.  The airplane received substantial damage.  The commercial pilot was not injured.  The flight originated at Hazel Green Airport at 0930 central standard time.

According to the pilot, he was performing a post annual check flight.  He had a hard landing causing the nose gear to collapse and the propeller to strike the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7398E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7398E), registered now, S/N 57098, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57098
- Airframe hours: 2361
- Engines: Continental IO-470-E 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert N. Luther
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 7, 1998, 1 hours before
- Airport: M38, Hazel Green, runway 7, 2,700 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 5,000 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HSV, 14 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 19980221001629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980221001629A), Feb 21, 1998: Cessna 210, Hazel Green, AL, Substantial damage. Post annual flight check. Hard landing folded the nose gear. Prop hit runway. (-23) the pilot bounced the aircraft on landing, on the second bounce the nose…

## Other investigations on N7398E (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 MIA70D0110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70D0110), Jul 12, 1969: Cessna 210 (N7398E), Decatur, AL, 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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