# NTSB BFO86FID04: Cessna 210N, N6502C, Blacksburg, VA, March 10, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 10, 1986, 14:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place: Blacksburg, VA
- Coordinates: 37.229225, -80.419258 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2292&lon=-80.4193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11224
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86FID04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11224/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FID04

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear extension - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - approach light/navaid (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING AT BLACKSBURG AIRPORT IN BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A RUNWAY LIGHT AND SERVED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO A GRASS AREA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR. THE PILOT STATED TO REECE H. MITCHELL OF THE RICHMOND FSDO (21) THAT HE LANDED BEFORE THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED AND LOCKED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6502C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6502C-2006-09-11), registration cancelled 2006-09-11, S/N 21063904, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Registry model: [Cessna 210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (registry code 2073453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063904
- Airframe hours: 1956
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John & Diana Morgan
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1985, 28 hours before
- Departed: BLUEFIELD, WV
- Airport: BCB, Blacksburg, runway 12, 4,200 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,610 total, 136 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft unknown
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19860310085709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860310085709A), Mar 10, 1986: Cessna 210N, Blacksburg, VA, Substantial damage. The gear was not fully extended on touchdown. The pilot landed to the side of runway when he found gear wasnt down.

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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