# NTSB MIA91LA083: Cessna T210N, N6136Y, Panama City, FL, February 20, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 19, 1991, 18:47 local (Feb 20, 1991, 00:47 UTC)
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Coordinates: 30.200611, -85.669075 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2006&lon=-85.6691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32823
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA91LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32823/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA083

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF RECENT NIGHT FLIGHT EXPERIENCE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THE ACFT PORPOISED AFTER TOUCHDOWN & LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT'S LOG RECORDED NO NIGHT TIME IN THE PRECEDING 3 MONTHS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6136Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21064263
- Airframe hours: 1819
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Men0, Frederick, J (III)
- Registered owner: Men0, Frederick, J (III)
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 2, 1990, 34 hours before
- Departed: LGC, LA GRANGE, GA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: PFN, Panama City-Bay County, runway 14, 6,314 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,036 total, 1,351 in this make and model, 1,976 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 120° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PFN, 1 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 19910219005229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910219005229A), Feb 19, 1991: Cessna T210N, Panama City, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on night landing. Collapsed nose gear. No recent prior night time logged.

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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