- Date
- July 6, 1988, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Baker, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6524XCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880706025719A
- Case key
- 40852
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s)Factor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Proper touchdown point - misjudgedFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The pilot stated he landed long on unattended grass strip due to gusty wing conds. The aircraft encountered a ditch or vehicle track hidden by vegetation, shearing nose gear and collapsing left main.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6524X
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57524
- Airframe hours
- 3,013
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-E, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Acg, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Agc, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1988 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- BTF · Bountiful, UT
- Airport
- Baker, runway 18, grass/turf
N6524XRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,281 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,281 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 14 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.