# NTSB MIA87LA120: Cessna 210C, N3643Y, Ponch, PR, March 27, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 27, 1987
- Place: Ponch, PR
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31883
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87LA120
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31883/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA120

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear - overload
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS FOUND ABANDONED IN A SUGAR BEET FIELD WITH THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE OCCUPANT(S), HISTORY OF FLT, AND FACTS PERTAINING TO THE ACCIDENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3643Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3643Y-2012-09-18), registration cancelled 2012-09-18, S/N 21058143, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210C
- Registry model: [Cessna 210C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210c) (registry code 2073412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058143
- Engines: CONTINENTAL I0-470-S 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Unknown
- Registered owner: Kenrick Hamilton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: UNKNOWN
- Destination: UNKNOWN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported
- Observed at: 12

## 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 19870327011929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870327011929A), Mar 27, 1987: Cessna 210C, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Substantial damage. The aircraft was found abandoned in a sugar beet field. Suspect illegal activity.

## Other investigations on N3643Y (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA66F0228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66F0228), Sep 5, 1965: Cessna 210 (N3643Y), Dayton, TN, substantial damage

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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