- Date
- September 4, 1983, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Powell, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2339FCessna 210E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830904045879A
- Case key
- 16152
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot he made an approach to a dirt road beside a feed lot and overshot the intended touchdown point. He was relectant to make a go around because there was a high hill close ahead. He tried to stop the acft on the road remaining but the road made a turn to the left. The pilot tried to turn but the acft speed was too great and the nose gear buckled under the load and collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2339F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058539
- Airframe hours
- 1,400
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vern G. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 1, 1983
- Departed
- BIL · Billings, MT
- Destination
- Powell, WY
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27,000 total · 250 in this make and model · 210 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 16,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COD, 25 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.
Other investigations on N2339F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.