# NTSB SEA88LA008: Cessna T210N, N7231N, Walla Walla, WA, October 17, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 16, 1987, 18:11 local (Oct 17, 1987, 01:11 UTC)
- Place: Walla Walla, WA
- Coordinates: 46.11053, -118.300109 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1105&lon=-118.3001&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40752
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA88LA008
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40752/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88LA008

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED SHORT AND THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE EDGE OF A PLATEAU AT THE APPROACH END OF THE PRIVATE STRIP. THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED OFF THE GRASS RUNWAY, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7231N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7231N-1994-12-21), registration cancelled 1994-12-21, S/N 21063210 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063120
- Airframe hours: 1507
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Computer Networking Spec. Inc
- Registered owner: Computer Networking Spec., Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 13, 1987, 7 hours before
- Departed: SJC, SAN JOSE, CA
- Airport: Grove Field, runway 23, 1,570 × 33 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,219 total, 507 in this make and model, 954 as pilot in command, 72 in the last 90 days, 28 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ALW, 7 nm away

## 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 19871016072849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871016072849A), Oct 16, 1987: Cessna T210N, Camas, WA, Substantial damage. Gear struck edge of a plateau on approach to runway. Veered off runway into soft ground. Gear collapsed. Nosed over

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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