- Date
- June 11, 1984, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- California City, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4850CCessna T210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840611026279A
- Case key
- 24311
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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.
Nose over
Fuselage - vibration
Reason for occurrence undetermined
Precautionary landing - performed
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Analysis
The plt felt a vibration as he circled a lake bed, so he decided to make a precautionary landing. During the landing, the nose gear dug into a soft spot and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4850C
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063645
- Airframe hours
- 806
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary M. Suozzi
- Registered owner
- Legabooks, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1983 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- BUR · Burbank, CA
- Airport
- L71 · California City
N4850CRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 2020 · 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,553 total · 128 in this make and model · 6,203 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.