- Date
- February 27, 1982, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Clovis, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N761PKCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820227001009A
- Case key
- 70286
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
Level off - improperCause
Lack of recent experienceFactor
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
After a normal approach, the aircraft was flared high and began porpoising after touchdown. After bouncing twice, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft slid to a stop on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761PK
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062408
- Airframe hours
- 632
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520R, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Martin Shaeffer
- Registered owner
- Martin Shaeffer
- Departed
- CVN · Clovis, NM
- Destination
- Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- CVN · Clovis Municipal, runway 21, 6,000 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 490 total · 120 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 115 °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.