- Date
- April 8, 2017, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Teresa, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3938YCessna 210
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20170408003669A
- Case key
- 94990
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, porpoised landing and subsequent nose-over.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was practicing takeoffs and landings on the asphalt runway. The airplane bounced during the touchdown, and the airplane began a hard porpoise down the runway. The nose landing gear wheel cracked and separated from the airplane, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, the rudder, and the left wing strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he was practicing takeoffs and landings to the asphalt runway. The airplane bounced during the touch down and the airplane began a hard porpoise down the runway. The nose landing gear wheel cracked and separated from the airplane and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, the rudder and the left wing strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3938Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210 (D)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058438
- Built
- 1964
- Airframe hours
- 4,029
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO 520 SERIES, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 5T6 · Santa Teresa, NM
- Destination
- 5T6 · Santa Teresa, NM
- Airport
- 5T6 · Dona Ana County Airport At San, runway 28, 9,550 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 20, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 139 total · 25 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- BIF, 16 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 25, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3938Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.