# NTSB DEN84LA067: Cessna 210, N9654T, Grand Junction, CO, January 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 6, 1984, 16:52 local (23:52 UTC)
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Coordinates: 39.079532, -108.550895 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0795&lon=-108.5509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16320
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16320/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA067

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - maneuver - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9654T-2014-11-24), registration cancelled 2014-11-24, S/N 57454, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57454
- Airframe hours: 2947
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840106000359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840106000359A), Jan 6, 1984: Cessna 210, Grand Junction, CO, Substantial damage. Aircraft touched down hard and pilot over corrected causing nose wheel to collapse.

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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