# NTSB LAX01LA164: Cessna T210N, N6425N, Truckee, CA, May 4, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 3, 2001, 20:40 local (May 4, 2001, 03:40 UTC) - Place: Truckee, CA - Coordinates: 39.319999, -120.143608 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3200&lon=-120.1436&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 23, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION - NTSB case key (mKey): 52207 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX01LA164 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/52207/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA164 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain the proper descent and his failure to maintain directioinal control during landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - proper descent rate - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - airport sign/marker ## Analysis After a hard landing, the airplane veered off the runway and collided with airport property. The pilot executed a go-around then landed without further incident. Witnesses saw the airplane make a hard landing, veer off the runway into the dirt, hit a light and taxiway sign, then takeoff again with items embedded in the horizontal stabilizer. ## Factual narrative On May 3, 2001, at 2040 hours Pacific daylight time, a Cessna T210N, N6425N, veered off the runway while landing on runway 28, and struck a landing light and taxiway sign at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport, Truckee, California. The airplane was operated by the pilot/owner under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, and sustained substantial damage. The private pilot and one passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that departed Oakland, California, at 1920. The flight was scheduled to terminate at the Truckee-Tahoe Airport. No flight plan had been filed. The pilot stated that the airplane landed hard on the first attempt, and the landing was aborted. On the second attempt, the airplane landed hard again, the pilot lost directional control, and the horizontal stabilizer was damaged after it struck a landing light and taxiway sign. The Safety Board Investigator-in-Charge (IIC) interviewed a witness to the accident. The witness stated that the airplane made a hard landing and departed the runway where it struck a sign, and then it took off again with the sign embedded in the airplane. The airplane went around in the pattern and landed normally. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector conducted an on-scene investigation. He reported that part of a taxiway sign was embedded in the horizontal stabilizer and compression wrinkles were observed on the left side of the airplane near the baggage door. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6425N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6425N-2008-08-14), registration cancelled 2008-08-14, S/N 21063001, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna T210N - Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21063001 - Engines: Continental IO-540 320 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: John Keagy - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: OAK, Oakland, CA - Destination: TRK, TRUCKEE, CA - Airport: TRK, Truckee-Tahoe, runway 28, 7,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 33; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; last flight review September 20, 1999; seat: left; flight hours: 274 total, 22 in this make and model, 169 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 0° at 0 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 37 °F, dew point 16 °F - Altimeter: 30.27 inHg - Observed at: TVL, 53 nm away ## 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 20010503010139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010503010139A), May 3, 2001: Cessna T210N, Truckee, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot landed and lost control of the aircraft. It veered off the runway and hit a taxiway sign. The pilot executed a go around and flew the pattern and… From the NTSB's public API. 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