- Date
- July 2, 2000, 22:10 local (Jul 3, 2000, 04:10 UTC)
- Place
- Pocatello, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2331FCessna 210E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000702006509A
- Case key
- 49605
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Probable cause
Improper landing flare resulting in a hard landing. Factors include dark night environmental conditions and lack of recent experience for night landings.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
In a written statement, the pilot reported that he misjudged the landing flair resulting in a hard landing. The aircraft's nose gear collapsed subsequent to the hard landing. The pilot reported that he had accomplished one night landing in the 90 days preceding the accident.
Factual narrative
On July 2, 2000, about 2210 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 210E, N2331F, registered to and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a hard landing at Pocatello Municipal Airport, Pocatello, Idaho. The aircraft was being operated as a Title 14 CFR 91 personal/pleasure flight at the time of the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the night cross-country flight. The commercial pilot and passenger were uninjured. There was no fire and no report of ELT activation. The flight originated from Boise, Idaho, approximately one hour prior to the accident.
In a written statement, the pilot reported that he misjudged the landing flare. The aircraft landed hard and bounced twice which subsequently collapsed the nose gear. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the firewall and lower fuselage.
The pilot reported that he accomplished one night landing in the 90 days preceding the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2331F
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058531
- Airframe hours
- 6,512
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A5B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter M. Nye
- Registered owner
- Mountain Aero, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1999 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- PIH
- Airport
- PIH · Pocatello Regional, runway 21, 9,056 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 534 total · 252 in this make and model · 515 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIH
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 N2331F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.