- Date
- October 25, 1983, 16:00 local (Oct 26, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- El Monte, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2353FCessna 210E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831025062969A
- Case key
- 24123
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A relatively inexperienced plt made a hard landing and reported that the 'front' tire blew upon landing. He pulled up & the acft ballooned and landed very hard on the nose wheel. Control tower personnel stated that the acft flew into the rwy in a nose low attitude. There was no apparent attempt to flare for landing. The plt stated that he had about 20 hours flight time in the subject model acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2353F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058553
- Airframe hours
- 2,219
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Wojciak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- L66 · Corona, CA
- Airport
- EMT · El Monte, runway 19, 3,995 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 93 total · 20 in this make and model · 34 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.