# NTSB FTW87LA062: Cessna 210, N61BC, Bonham, TX, February 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 3, 1987, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Bonham, TX
- Coordinates: 33.579395, -96.180969 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5794&lon=-96.1810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22328
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22328/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA062

## 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
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,obstruction marking - inadequate (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064723
- Airframe hours: 1453
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 65; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870203002679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870203002679A), Feb 3, 1987: Cessna T210N, Bonham, TX, Substantial damage. The nose gear collapsed when it struck a ditch on landing. The pilot did not notice fire break dug across 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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