- Date
- July 10, 2001, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Saint Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9657TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20010710019629A
- Case key
- 52884
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Probable cause
the inadequate flare by the pilot.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the nose gear collapsed during a hard landing.
Factual narrative
On July 10, 2001, at 1430 central daylight time, a Cessna 210, N9657T, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at the Saint Charles Municipal Airport (3SQ), Saint Charles, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was operating under 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot reported no injuries. The flight departed from the W. K. Kellogg Airport, Battle Creek, Michigan, at 1330, en route to 3SQ.
The pilot reported in a written statement, "...Departed KBTL on IFR flight plan. Arrived 3SQ had hard landing with nose gear hitting hard. Broke strut then broke hydraulic line. Nose gear collapsed..."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9657T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57457
- Airframe hours
- 3,224
- Engine
- Continental IO470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Geroge Bratcher
- Registered owner
- Robert and Laura Singh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2001 · 31.4 hours before
- Departed
- BTL · Battle Creek, MI
- Destination
- 3SQ · Saint Charles, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3SQ · Saint Charles Municipal, runway 27, 3,451 × 49 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- March 28, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 323 total · 31 in this make and model · 318 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- SET, 9 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.
Other investigations on N9657T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.