# NTSB MKC85LA073: Cessna T210M, N732XD, Joplin, MO, March 18, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 18, 1985, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Coordinates: 37.080101, -94.500205 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0801&lon=-94.5002&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): 33922
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33922/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA073

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER A HARD BOUNCED LANDING. THE PLT STATED THAT SHE TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE MAIN GEAR THEN BOUNCED AND RELANDED ON MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. DURING THE 2ND TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PLT AND HER ONE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE NOT INJURED. SHE SAID THE CHILD WAS STILL ASLEEP IN THE CAR SEAT AFTER THE ACCIDENT. SHE RECOMMENDED BETTER LANDING AS A PREVENTATIVE ACTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N732XD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732XD-2007-04-30), registration cancelled 2007-04-30, S/N 21061849, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061849
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Drs. Radke And Fry Pa
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MKC, KANSAS CITY, MO
- Airport: JLN, Municipal, runway 13, 6,503 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 11 in this make and model, 126 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JLN

## 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 19850318007909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850318007909A), Mar 18, 1985: Cessna T210M, Joplin, MO, Substantial damage. Hard landing, bounced, hit hard again on main and nose gear. Nose gear collapsed.

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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