- Date
- September 27, 1973
- Place
- Gerlach, NV · GERLACH, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9420MCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730927029819A
- Case key
- 188663
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2637 73/9/27 GERLACH,NEV CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 425 TIME - 1530 N9420M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 195 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GERLACH AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRUCKEY,NEV GERLACH,NEV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9420M
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gerlach Airport
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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 NYC77FHJ15Accident · No injuriesClosedRonkonkoma, NY