# NTSB NYC88LA040: Cessna 210, N9568T, Schenectady, NY, November 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 14, 1987, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Schenectady, NY
- Coordinates: 42.880931, -73.980476 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8809&lon=-73.9805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36064
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36064/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA040

## 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)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (cause)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. A METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SADDLE ASSEMBLY WAS FRACTURED INTO THREE PIECES THROUGH THE AREA NEAR THE FORWARD EDGE OF THE LANDING GEAR STRUT. WHEN EXAMINED FURTHER, THE FACES AND SURROUNDING MATERIAL DISPLAYED FEATURES TYPICAL OF AN OVERSTRESSED SEPARATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9568T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9568T-2002-08-20), registration cancelled 2002-08-20, S/N 57368, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57368
- Airframe hours: 2034
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470E 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Steven Mueller
- Registered owner: Stephen Mueller
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SCHENECTADY, NY
- Airport: SCH, Schenectady Co., runway 4, 7,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 300 total, 9 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19871114067469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871114067469A), Nov 14, 1987: Cessna 210, Schenectady, NY, Substantial damage. Hard landing fractured the saddle assembly of the left gear, causing the 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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