# NTSB FTW85LA070: Cessna P210N, N731HF, Big Lake, TX, November 1, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1984, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Big Lake, TX
- Coordinates: 31.189205, -101.449928 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1892&lon=-101.4499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21640
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21640/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA070

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - runway (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - performed, pilot in command
  - checklist - not followed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

EN ROUTE TO HIS DESTINATION THE PLT WAS ADVISED OF IMC AT THE DESTINATION AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT FROM WHICH HE HAD DEPARTED. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE RWY GEAR UP BECAUSE THE PLT DELAYED GEAR EXTENSION DURING THE LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N731HF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P21000460
- Airframe hours: 610
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-P 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Globe Weel Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 16, 1984, 67 hours before
- Departed: E41, BIG LAKE, TX
- Airport: E41, Reagan Cty., runway 16, 4,030 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,048 total, 1,048 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19841101064569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841101064569A), Nov 1, 1984: Cessna P210N, Big Lake, TX, Substantial damage. Touched down with the landing gear in crosswise position. Aircraft skidded to a stop on the runway.

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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