- Date
- March 28, 1984, 20:00 local (Mar 29, 1984, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Novato, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9614YCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840328008909A
- Case key
- 24215
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Flare - misjudgedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Hard landing
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Landing gear,main gear attachment - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft landed hard and bounced. After several bounces directional control was lost and the acft colided with a ditch alongside the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9614Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 64563
- Airframe hours
- 98
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Business Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1983 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Destination
- 056 · Novato, CA
- Airport
- Gnoss Airport, runway 31, 3,300 × 60 ft, asphalt
N9614YRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Cessna T210NAirframe modelCessna T210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 172 total · 39 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.