# NTSB FTW86LA083: Cessna 210N, N6610Y, Tyler, TX, May 9, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1986, 21:20 local (May 9, 1986, 02:20 UTC)
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Coordinates: 32.320354, -95.299919 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3204&lon=-95.2999&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22023
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22023/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA083

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - not corrected, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT FAILED TO FLARE THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE AND ASSUME A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, BEFORE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND, ALTHOUGH THE PILOT STATES HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO LOCKED CONTROLS, INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY MALFUNCTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6610Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6610Y-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N 21064458 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Registry model: [Cessna 210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (registry code 2073453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064458
- Airframe hours: 3003
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Air Exchange, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1986, 21 hours before
- Departed: DAL, DALLAS, TX
- Airport: TYR, Tyler, runway 13, 7,200 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,927 total, 1,171 in this make and model, 2,927 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TYL

## 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 19860508016489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860508016489A), May 8, 1986: Cessna 210N, Tyler, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot said the yoke would not move when he pulled back to flare. Inspector said yoke hard to move due to crash.

## Other investigations on N6610Y (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW83LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA074), Dec 31, 1982: Cessna 210N (N6610Y), Houston, TX, substantial damage

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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