- Date
- February 3, 1987, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bonham, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61BCCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870203002679A
- Case key
- 22328
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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 encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequateFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Airport facilities,obstruction marking - inadequateCause
Judgment - poorCause
Nose over
Analysis
According to the pilot, the aircraft made a normal landing, but was substantially damaged when the aircraft contacted a ditch cut across the airstrip, causing the aircraft to nose over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61BC
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064723
- Airframe hours
- 1,453
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C & C Aircraft Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1986 · 181 hours before
- Departed
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Destination
- Bonham, TX
- Airport
- Red River Ranch Strip, runway 18, 2,000 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,383 total · 50 in this make and model · 13,383 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.