# NTSB LAX84LA109: Cessna 210E, N2353F, El Monte, CA, October 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 25, 1983, 16:00 local (Oct 26, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Coordinates: 34.079856, -118.030128 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0799&lon=-118.0301&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24123
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24123/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA109

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2353F-2002-07-01), registration cancelled 2002-07-01, S/N 21058553, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- Registry model: [Cessna 210E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (registry code 2073416) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058553
- Airframe hours: 2219
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831025062969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831025062969A), Oct 25, 1983: Cessna 210E, El Monte, CA, Substantial damage. Landed hard enough to blow out the nose tire and bend the airframe. Tower reported no visible attempt to flare.

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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