# NTSB CHI84LA204: Cessna 210L, N93009, Middleton, WI, May 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1984, 12:28 local (17:28 UTC)
- Place: Middleton, WI
- Location: 43.1142° N, 89.5520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from MIDDLETON MUNI/MOREY FLD (C29), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1142&lon=-89.5520&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12621
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA204
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12621/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA204

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - emergency procedure - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - clearance - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - premature, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PWR LOSS EXPERIENCED DURING NORMAL CRUISE FLT. PLT RECEIVED VECTOR TO NEAREST AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ATTEMPT TO REGAIN POWER. ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT, PLT EXTENDED LNDG GEAR. RESULTANT DRAG FACTOR INCREASED GLIDE ANGLE TO EXTENT PLT FELT CLEARANCE OF TREES AT RWY APPROACH END WOULD BE MARGINAL, ELECTED TO LAND IN SOFT (TREE NURSERY) TERRAIN. ACFT NOSED OVER ON LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N93009](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93009-1993-05-19), registration cancelled 1993-05-19, S/N 21060211 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060211
- Airframe hours: 1348
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: R. Neil Scott
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 9, 1983, 70 hours before
- Departed: 12C, ROCHELLE, IL
- Destination: HYR, HAYWARD, WI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: C29, Morey, runway 9, 2,560 × 175 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 816 total, 783 in this make and model, 714 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,100 ft broken
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MSN, 7 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 19840525025049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840525025049A), May 25, 1984: Cessna 210L, Middleton, WI, Substantial damage. Engine quit running. Misjudged approach to airport, got too low, landed in tree nursery, nosed over on its back.

## Other investigations on N93009 (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 MIA75FKQ30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FKQ30), Apr 29, 1975: Cessna 210L (N93009), Itta Bena, MS, 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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