# NTSB DEN86LA074: Cessna T210M, N761JP, Truth Or Conseq, NM, February 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1986, 06:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: Truth Or Conseq, NM
- Coordinates: 33.129825, -107.240196 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1298&lon=-107.2402&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16919
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16919/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA074

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - not engaged
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE IS ACCUSTOMED TO KEEPING THE NOSE GEAR OFF THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE GROUND SPEED HAS SLOWED. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT CHECK THE LANDING GEAR CONDITION LIGHTS. UPON LOWERING THE NOSE, THE ACFT PROPELLER AND UNDERSIDE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE ACFT. DURING POST ACCIDENT TESTS THE LANDING GEAR WAS RECYCLED APRX 50 TIMES, EACH TIME THE NOSE GEAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N761JP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761JP-2001-12-06), registration cancelled 2001-12-06, S/N 21062296, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062296
- Airframe hours: 1260
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Douglas Warwick, doing business as Mr. Ice, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 11, 1985, 190 hours before
- Departed: E98, LOS LUNAS, NM
- Airport: TCS, Truth Or Consequences, runway 13, 5,600 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,000 total, 211 in this make and model, 2,000 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 19 °F

## Other investigations on N761JP (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW82DA303](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA303), Jul 29, 1982: Cessna T21OM (N761JP), Los Lunas, NM, substantial damage

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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