- Date
- October 10, 1972
- Place
- Bellingham, WA · BELLINGHAM, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9557TCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2900 72/10/10 BELLINGHAM,WASH CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1800 TIME - 2115 N9557T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELLINGHAM MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRIDAY HARBOR,WASH BELLINGHAM,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 35 KTS.LDG RWY 34
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9557T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bellingham Muni
N9557TRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Cessna 210Airframe modelCessna 210Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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.
Other investigations on N9557T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB SEA83FA022Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportGorst, WAThe acft collided with a mtn drg a VFR flt under IMC. An arts-iii radar printout showed the acft was maintaining a fairly continuous heading until radar coverage was lost. The wreckage was located about 3.4 mi north of the last radar plot. ATC confirmed loss…NTSB FTW66F0434Accident · No injuriesClosedEl Reno, OK