# NTSB MIA84LA123: Cessna 210M, N761PF, Marathon, FL, March 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 29, 1984, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Coordinates: 24.709877, -81.079284 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7099&lon=-81.0793&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): 31107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31107/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA123

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - not performed, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761PF-2005-07-14), registration cancelled 2005-07-14, S/N 21062404, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Registry model: [Cessna 210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (registry code 2073450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062404
- Airframe hours: 1094
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840329007669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840329007669A), Mar 29, 1984: Cessna 210M, Marathon, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control while landing in a gusty crosswind and collapsed the nose gear. Crosswind component excessive.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.