# NTSB FTW83LA225: Cessna 210B, N4796, Socorro, NM, May 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 6, 1983, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Socorro, NM
- Location: 34.0225° N, 106.9031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOCORRO MUNI (ONM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0225&lon=-106.9031&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20895
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20895/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA225

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - downdraft (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF, AT ABOUT 10 FT AGL & 95 MPH IN LEVEL FLT, THE PLT FOUND THE CONTROLS 'INEFFECTIVE.' THE ACFT IMPACTED AT FULL POWER IN A CRAB & BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE ACFT STILL WOULD NOT CLIMB & THE PLT LOWERED THE NOSE TO GAIN AIRSPEED. THE ACFT IMPACTED A MOUND OF ROCKS CAUSING IT TO NOSE OVER & COME TO REST INVERTED. THERE IS A MOUNTAIN WEST OF THE ARPT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4796 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058048
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-S 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jerry Reed
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: E02, ODESSA, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: ONM, Socorro Municipal, runway 33, 4,796 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 257 total, 200 in this make and model, 215 as pilot in command, 54 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

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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