# NTSB LAX92LA291: Cessna 210, N9652T, Truckee, CA, July 8, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1992, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 27683
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX92LA291
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/27683/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA291

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER FLARE.

## Sequence of events

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

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

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9652T-1997-09-11), registration cancelled 1997-09-11, S/N 57452 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57452
- Airframe hours: 2180
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920708024939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920708024939A), Jul 8, 1992: Cessna 210, Truckee, CA, Substantial damage. Failed to flare on landing bounced and porpoised. Went around and same result but able to stop on runway.

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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