# NTSB CHI01LA208: Cessna 210, N9657T, Saint Charles, MO, July 10, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 2001, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Saint Charles, MO
- Coordinates: 38.78934, -90.509193 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7893&lon=-90.5092&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 3, 2002
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 52884
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI01LA208
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52884/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA208

## Probable cause

the inadequate flare by the pilot.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9657T-2017-10-26), registration cancelled 2017-10-26, S/N 57457, 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: 57457
- Airframe hours: 3224
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20010710019629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010710019629A), Jul 10, 2001: Cessna 210, St Charles, MO, No damage. (-23) Pilot (bratcher) made a hard landing on the nose landing gear when hhlanded aircraft N9657T at st. Charles municipal airport 3SQ on runway 27. The…

## Other investigations on N9657T (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 UNK65X0656](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0656), Nov 11, 1964: Cessna 210 (N9657T), Knoxville, IA, 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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