- Date
- July 8, 1992, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9652TCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920708024939A
- Case key
- 27683
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare.
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.
Analysis
During the initial landing the pilot failed to flare the airplane and it sustained a hard landing. The airplane began to bounce and the pilot elected to go-around. The pilot reentered the traffic pattern and landed without further incident. Subsequent examination of the airplane disclosed that it sustained substantial structural damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9652T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57452
- Airframe hours
- 2,180
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Malzek, Michael
- Registered owner
- Malzek, Michael
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1992 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- O04 · Carson City, NV
- Destination
- TRK · Truckee, CA
- Airport
- TRK · Truckee-Tahoe, runway 28, 6,401 × 100 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 30 in this make and model · 177 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.