# NTSB DEN07CA015: Cessna T210G, N6849R, Delta, CO, October 23, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 23, 2006, 17:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Delta, CO
- Coordinates: 38.786388, -108.063613
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7864&lon=-108.0636&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64776
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN07CA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64776/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA015

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and a proper descent rate during the landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - runway

## Analysis

According to the pilot, the airplane was trimmed for 70 knots during the approach.  As the airplane crossed over the runway threshold, the pilot was "looking outside the airplane."  The airplane experienced a "high sink rate," and the pilot applied the engine throttle in an attempt to arrest the descent.  The pilot stated that the throttle application was "too late" and the airplane's nose wheel impacted the runway.  The airplane bounced, departed the runway surface, and came to rest upright near the right side of the runway.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, the airplane was trimmed for 70 knots during the approach.  As the airplane crossed over the runway threshold, the pilot was "looking outside the airplane."  The airplane experienced a "high sink rate," and the pilot applied the engine throttle in an attempt to arrest the descent.  The pilot stated that the throttle application was "too late" and the airplane's nose wheel impacted the runway.  The airplane bounced, departed the runway surface, and came to rest upright near the right side of the runway.  Examination of the airplane revealed the left aileron was buckled and bent, the nose and left main landing gears collapsed.  The pilot and two passengers were not injured.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6849R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6849R-2015-05-05), registration cancelled 2015-05-05, S/N T210-0249, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna T210G
- Registry model: [Cessna T210G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210g) (registry code 2073432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T210-0249
- Engines: Continental IO-520 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edward M. Junak
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 4S2, HOOD RIVER, OR
- Destination: AJZ, Delta, CO
- Airport: 1V9, Blake Field, runway 03

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3; flight hours: 3,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk

## 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 20061023025979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061023025979A), Oct 23, 2006: Cessna T210G, Delta, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he flew the approach to runway 03 at an indicated 70 mph airspeed with 30 degrees of flaps. A left quartering tailwind of 10 KTS.…

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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