# NTSB FTW02LA105: Cessna 210-M, N29795, Buena Vista, CO, March 28, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 2002, 08:28 local (15:28 UTC)
- Place: Buena Vista, CO
- Coordinates: 38.813888, -106.120552
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8139&lon=-106.1206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 29, 2003
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 54414
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW02LA105
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54414/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54414
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA105

## Probable cause

The pilot's encounter with adverse weather.  A factor was the unexpected downdraft after takeoff.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - flight into adverse weather - encountered, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

After liftoff the airplane was at about "fifty to one-hundred feet off the ground when it was suddenly knocked to the ground."  The pilot attempted to maintain directional control as the airplane impacted the runway "hard."  The pilot believed that a he encountered an unexpected downdraft.

## Factual narrative

On March 28, 2002, at 0828 mountain standard time, a Cessna 210-M airplane, N29795, registered to and operated by a private individual, was substantially damaged when it impacted the runway shortly after take off from runway 33 at the Central County Municipal Airport, Buena Vista, Colorado.  The airline transport rated pilot and one of his passengers were not injured and his second passenger received minor injuries.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.  The local flight was originating at the time of the accident.

In a telephone interview with the NTSB investigator-in-charge, the pilot stated that after liftoff the airplane was at about "fifty to one-hundred feet off the ground when it was suddenly knocked to the ground."  He stated that he maintained directional control as the airplane impacted the runway "hard."  The pilot, who had accumulated over 1,500 hours in the same make and model reported that the airplane encountered an unexpected downdraft.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29795](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29795-2004-09-10), registration cancelled 2004-09-10, S/N 21062114 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 210-M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062114
- Airframe hours: 3658
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520-R 315 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert D. Schork
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 5, 2001, 179 hours before
- Departed: 7V1, Buena Vista, CO
- Destination: 7V1, Buena Vista, CO
- Airport: 7V1, Central Colorado Reginal, runway 33, 8,300 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; flight instructor, private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review May 20, 2000; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 15 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: 7V1

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 10, 2003, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54414. 619 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 619 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40394823&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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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