# NTSB FTW83LA347: Cessna T210N, N1753U, Plains, TX, July 25, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 25, 1983, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Plains, TX
- Coordinates: 33.189491, -102.819221 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1895&lon=-102.8192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20986
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA347
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20986/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA347

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT DETERMINED THAT RWY 26 WAS THE ONLY OPEN RWY. HE MADE A SHORT FIELD APCH. HOWEVER BEFORE LANDING, HE DID NOT REALIZE THERE WAS A MOUND OF DIRT ACROSS THE RWY WHERE IT INTERSECTED WITH RWY 17/35, WHICH WAS CLOSED. WHILE ON THE LANDING ROLL, ABOUT 400 FT FROM THE MOUND, HE RECOGNIZED THE OBSTRUCTION, BUT BY THEN, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP OR GO AROUND WITHOUT HITTING THE MOUND. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT STRUCK THE MOUND WHILE TRAVELING ATABOUT 20 KTS & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1753U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1753U-1990-07-17), registration cancelled 1990-07-17, S/N 21064738 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064738
- Airframe hours: 152
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: West Texas Gas Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 8, 1983, 77 hours before
- Departed: MDD, MIDLAND, TX
- Airport: F98, Yoakum County, runway 26, 2,020 × 60 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,115 total, 305 in this make and model, 1,948 as pilot in command, 235 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 90 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830725038049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830725038049A), Jul 25, 1983: Cessna T210N, Plains, TX, Substantial damage. Nosewheel struck mound of dirt and broke off on the landing roll causing aircraft to flip inverted.

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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