# NTSB CHI85LA219: Cessna T210, N6787R, Marion, IN, June 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1985, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Marion, IN
- Coordinates: 40.600044, -85.630783 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6000&lon=-85.6308&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13082
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA219
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13082/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA219

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff
  - autopilot/flight director - other (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - flt control syst,elevator control - jammed (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - not possible
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT DISCOVERED THAT THE ELEVATOR CONTROLS WERE JAMMED & PITCH CHANGES COULD ONLY BE MADE WITH ELEVATOR TRIM & POWER. AN EMERG LANDING WAS MADE USING THE TRIM, BUT THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO FLARE THE ACFT AT LANDING SPEED. THE ACFT STRUCK THE RWY WITH THE NOSE GEAR, BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR OFF. A POST-ACCIDENT EXAM REVEALED THAT AN AUTOPILOT ADAPTER FLANGE (RECENTLY INSTALLED TO THE BACK OF THE PILOT'S ATTITUDE INDICATOR) WAS IN A POSITION TO CATCH THE ELEVATOR SECONDARY STOP ON THE PILOT'S CONTROL COLUMN. THE ELEVATOR CONTROL COULD HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY FREED, BUT IT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A LARGE FORCE TO DO SO.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6787R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6787R), registered now, S/N T210-0187, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210
- Registry model: [Cessna T210F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (registry code 2073422) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520-D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-d) (registry code 17253, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 140262-6-C
- Airframe hours: 3300
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TIO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aero Associates, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 15, 1985, 25 hours before
- Departed: UWL, NEW CASTLE, IN
- Airport: Marion, runway 22, 5,200 ×  ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,175 total, 303 in this make and model, 1,055 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MIE, 20 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 19850601022039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850601022039A), Jun 1, 1985: Cessna T210F, Marion, IN, Substantial damage. Elevator controls jammed during climb. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Autopilot adapter plate locked up elevator.

## Other investigations on N6787R (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 CHI68F0545](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0545-201098), Jan 16, 1968: Cessna T-210F (N6787R), Bakersfield, CA, 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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