- Date
- April 9, 1982, 19:45 local (Apr 10, 1982, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Rock Springs, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9637TCessna 210A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820409008749A
- Case key
- 72409
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Became lost/disoriented - not correctedCause
Precautionary landing - misjudgedFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The pilot became disoriented during a cross country flight. He decided to make a precautionary landing in a clearing. During the landing roll the left wing collided with a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9637T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57437
- Airframe hours
- 2,478
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnny W. Rogan
- Registered owner
- J. L. Smith
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- DRT · Del Rio, TX
N9637TRegistration cancelled Dec 17, 2012 · 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 21 in this make and model · 77 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.