# NTSB MIA86LA092: Cessna 210J, N77WG, Jacksonville, FL, March 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 6, 1986, 19:50 local (Mar 7, 1986, 00:50 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Coordinates: 30.330131, -81.579513 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3301&lon=-81.5795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31585
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31585/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA092

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, taxi - from landing

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP, AFTER LANDING, HE TAXIED THROUGH CONSTRUCTION BARRICADES & RAN OFF THE TAXIWAY. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET BACK ON THE TAXIWAY, THE NOSE GEAR GOT CAUGHT IN A HOLE & COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N77WG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77WG-1997-12-24), registration cancelled 1997-12-24, S/N 21059103 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210J
- Registry model: [Cessna 210J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210j) (registry code 2073439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059103
- Airframe hours: 3591
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-J 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: W. R. Franklin Construction Co
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1985, 50 hours before
- Departed: MQW, MCRAE, GA
- Airport: JAX, Jacksonville Int'L, runway 31, 7,700 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 6,528 total, 222 in this make and model, 3,528 as pilot in command, 110 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CRG, 10 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 19860306086759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860306086759A), Mar 6, 1986: Cessna 210J, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed the taxiway at night to avoid barracades. The nose gear collapsed when it contacted pavement.

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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