- Date
- January 6, 1984, 16:52 local (23:52 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Junction, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9654TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840106000359A
- Case key
- 16320
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Maneuver - improperFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The plt stated he touched down too hard, bounced & that he over-corrected causing the acft to land hard again collapsingthe nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9654T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57454
- Airframe hours
- 2,947
- Engine
- Continental I0-470 SERIES, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gho Sky Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1983 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 9EO · Eloy, AZ
- Destination
- GJT · Grand Junction, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- GJT · Walker, runway 29, 10,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
N9654TRegistration cancelled Nov 24, 2014 · Cessna 210Airframe modelCessna 210Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 55 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.