- Date
- April 20, 1977
- Place
- Ronkonkoma, NY · RONKONKOMA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9420MCessna 210K
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770420007379A
- Case key
- 157858
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1463 77/4/20 RONKONKOMA,NY CESSNA 210K CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1600 N9420M PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 38, 2095 TOTAL HOURS, 142 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLIP MACARTHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALVERTON,NY RONKONKOMA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- NOSE GR PREV DMG DRG GND ACDT.PLT SECURED ENG ONFINAL,ENTERED HI SINK RATE,UN CK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9420M
- Reported as
- Cessna 210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Islip Macarthur
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9420M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ERA26LA325Accident · No injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary reportDawson Springs, KYOn September 1, 2026, at 2225 central daylight time, a Cessna 210K, N9420M, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Dawson Springs, Kentucky. The private pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14…NTSB OAK74FXQ13Accident · No injuriesClosedGerlach, NV