# NTSB NYC83LA025: Cessna 210D, N3974Y, Morristown, NJ, November 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 11, 1982, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71773
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71773/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA025

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels up landing - inadvertent, pilot in command

## Analysis

PILOT WAS FLYING WITH A MECHANIC TO CHECK AVIONICS. TOWER CALLED TO WARN OF HELICOPTERS. MECHANIC ASKED HIM TO CHANGE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT TRAFFIC. PILOT SAID THE CORRECTIONS DISRUPTED HIS SENSES AND HE FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3974Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3974Y-2009-12-15), registration cancelled 2009-12-15, S/N 21058474, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Registry model: [Cessna 210D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (registry code 2073414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058474
- Airframe hours: 2478
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Louis Baron
- Registered owner: Louis Baron
- Departed: STEWART, NJ
- Destination: 05C, GRIFFITH, IN
- Airport: MMU, Morristown, runway 30, 4,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 6 statute miles

## 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 19821111064999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821111064999A), Nov 11, 1982: Cessna 210D, Morristown, NJ, Substantial damage. Failed to use a landing checklist. Landed gear up.

## Other investigations on N3974Y (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 CHI07CA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA125), Apr 29, 2007: Cessna 210D (N3974Y), Hamilton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft. Factors contributing to the accident were the stall encountered during the attempted go around and the wind gusts.

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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