# NTSB LAX84LA234: Cessna 210, N9614Y, Novato, CA, March 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 28, 1984, 20:00 local (Mar 29, 1984, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Novato, CA
- Coordinates: 38.099704, -122.629997 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0997&lon=-122.6300&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): 24215
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA234
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24215/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA234

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9614Y-2013-09-17), registration cancelled 2013-09-17, S/N 21064563, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- 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: 64563
- Airframe hours: 98
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840328008909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840328008909A), Mar 28, 1984: Cessna 210, Novato, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft bounced hard during landing causing pilot to lose directional control.

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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