# NTSB DEN82DA033: Cessna 210, N5314A, Rapid City, SD, February 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 17, 1982, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72346
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA033
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72346/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA033

## Analysis

DURING LANDING, THE NOSEWHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY WHILE THE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED.  THE NOSE GEAR FAILED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE PLANE CONTINUED OFF THE END AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, THEN NOSED OVER.  THE PILOT STATED IN PART THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN PAST THE NUMBERS SOME 100 FT AND HAD NO LEFT BRAKE.  WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL BEGAN TO SHIMMY HE STARTED TO GO-AROUND, BUT THEN THE SHAKING BECAME SO BAD THAT HE ABORTED THE GO-AROUND.  A WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW THE PLANE ON A STEEP FINAL APPROACH, BUT OBSERVED NO FLARE-OUT.  HE REPORTED THAT THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN NEAR MID-FIELD IN A 3 POINT ATTITUDE, BUT DID NOT BOUNCE.  THE PASSENGER INDICATED THAT THE PLANE LANDED WITH NO FLAPS ABOUT 1/3 DOWN THE RUNWAY.  HE STATED THE TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH AND THE NOSEWHEEL DID NOT SHIMMY UNTIL THE TIRES SQUEALED FROM HEAVY BRAKING.  EXAMINATION OF THE BRAKES REVEALED NO PRE-CRASH MALFUNCTIONS.  THE NOSEWHEEL SHIMMY DAMPER WAS FOUND BROKEN FROM THE NOSE STRUT WITH EVIDENCE OF GROUND IMPACT.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - roll
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - vibration
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - downhill (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5314A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5314A-1993-12-01), registration cancelled 1993-12-01, S/N 21063363 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063363
- Airframe hours: 717
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520R 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ray Martin Painting, Inc.
- Registered owner: Ray Martin Painting, Inc.
- Departed: GILLETTE, WY
- Destination: RAPID CITY, SD
- Airport: SD03, Pete Lein Field, runway 15, 2,905 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,448 total, 161 in this make and model, 1,410 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles

## 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 19820217004429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820217004429A), Feb 17, 1982: Cessna T210N, Rapid City, SD, Substantial damage. Nose wheel shimmy caused pilot to apply brakes hard. Nose wheel collapsed and brakes jammed causing accident.

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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