# NTSB SEA00LA123: Cessna 210E, N2331F, Pocatello, ID, July 3, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 2, 2000, 22:10 local (Jul 3, 2000, 04:10 UTC)
- Place: Pocatello, ID
- Coordinates: 42.899581, -112.389678 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8996&lon=-112.3897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 49605
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA00LA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/49605/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA123

## 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

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2331F), registered now, S/N 21058531, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 210E
- Registry model: [Cessna 210E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (registry code 2073416) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058531
- Airframe hours: 6512
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000702006509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000702006509A), Jul 2, 2000: Cessna 210E, La Verne, CA, No damage. (-23) While attemping to land at pocatello, ID, pilot misjuged flare and landed hard. Damage to prop, nose gear and engine firewall. [privacy data omitted]

## Other investigations on N2331F (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 OAK68D0094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68D0094), Aug 31, 1967: Cessna 210 (N2331F), Panaca, NV, substantial damage

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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