- Date
- August 17, 1984, 18:00 local (Aug 18, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Elko, NV
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4674UCessna 210N II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840817045859A
- Case key
- 39991
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Fuel exhaustion occurred on final approach to destination airport. The nose landing gear contacted the top of the chain link airport perimeter fence breaking a connector and allowing the nose gear to retract. The main gear were not damaged. On landing roll out, the nose fell through.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4674U
- Reported as
- Cessna 210N II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064802
- Airframe hours
- 308
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Dyall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 24, 1984
- Departed
- LVK · Livermore, CA
- Destination
- EKO · Elko, NV
- Airport
- EKO · Elko Municipal Airport, runway 23, 6,434 × 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 992 total · 787 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EKO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.