- Date
- July 4, 2004, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mallard Creek, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N761TDCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040704011579A
- Case key
- 59566
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Probable cause
Improper touchdown during landing. A factor contributing to the accident was soft ground conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
In a written statement the pilot reported he encountered a "wind swirl" while landing to the north on the 2,000-foot grass runway. The pilot stated he corrected for the situation, however, the airplane touched on the left shoulder of the runway. Shortly after touchdown, the airplane encountered soft ground conditions and nosed-over.
Factual narrative
On July 4, 2004, about 0830 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna T210M, N761TD, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a nose over during landing at Mallard Creek Ranch east of Dixie, Idaho. The airplane is owned by JJ Arrow, LLC, and was being operated by the pilot as a visual flight rules (VFR) cross-country flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The private pilot and pilot rated passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the flight. The flight originated from Bountiful, Utah, approximately 3 hours prior to the accident.
In a written statement dated July 8, 2004, the pilot reported he encountered a "wind swirl" while landing to the north on the 2,000-foot grass runway. The pilot stated he corrected for the situation, however, the airplane touched on the left shoulder of the runway. Shortly after touchdown, the airplane encountered soft ground conditions and nosed-over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761TD
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062497
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Doyle E. Pergande
- Registered owner
- JJ Arrow LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BTF · Bountiful, UT
- Destination
- Mallard Creek, ID
- Airport
- runway 36
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 1,630 total · 759 in this make and model · 36 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.