# NTSB NYC83LA079: Cessna T210L, N121RJ, New Haven, CT, March 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 20, 1983, 18:59 local (23:59 UTC)
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Location: 41.3108° N, 72.9250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Haven, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3108&lon=-72.9250&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35162
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35162/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA079

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - visual approach procedure - inaccurate (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO AN FAA INTERVIEW, WHILE ON APPROACH THE PLT DID NOT IDENTIFY THE RUNWAY LIGHTS PROPERLY AND LANDED TO THE LEFT OF THE EDGE LIGHTS TO RUNWAY 34. THE ACFT LANDED OFF THE RUNWAY IN SOFT TURF AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N121RJ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121RJ), registered now, S/N 21059735, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-H 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John Foster Place
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: HPN, WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Destination: HVN, NEW HAVEN, CT
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: HVN, New Haven

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830320008689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830320008689A), Mar 20, 1983: Cessna T210L, New Haven, CT, Substantial damage. Pilot landed off side of runway on soft terrain causing nose gear to collapse.

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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