- Date
- March 29, 1984, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marathon, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N761PFCessna 210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840329007669A
- Case key
- 31107
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that while he was landing in gusty x-wind conditions, the acft landed hard on its nose gear & the nose gear collapsed. He reported that the wind was from 300 deg gusting to 32 KTS. About 40 mi wsw at key west, FL, the wind was from 310 deg at 20 gusting 27 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761PF
- Reported as
- Cessna 210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062404
- Airframe hours
- 1,094
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fm Transport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1983
- Departed
- AGS · Augusta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MTH · Marathon Flight, runway 25, 5,000 × 150 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 250 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 20 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.