# NTSB SEA89LA017: Cessna 210K, N9495M, Anacortes, WA, November 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 6, 1988, 17:25 local (Nov 7, 1988, 01:25 UTC)
- Place: Anacortes, WA
- Coordinates: 48.459342, -122.600524 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4593&lon=-122.6005&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40955
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA89LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40955/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA017

## Analysis

DURING A GUSTY CROSSWIND LANDING, TOUCHDOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED ABOUT 500 FEET PAST THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AT TOUCHDOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD A FLAT MAIN TIRE. THE PILOT MOMENTARILY ADDED POWER AFTER TOUCHDOWN TO GO-AROUND THEN DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING. DURING THE ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN BUT THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LANDING GEAR AND ITS SYSTEMS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY INSPECTED AND TESTED. NO ABNORMALITIES COULD BE FOUND. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - gear retraction - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9495M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9495M-2012-11-19), registration cancelled 2012-11-19, S/N 21059395, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- Registry model: [Cessna 210K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (registry code 2073446) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059395
- Airframe hours: 4098
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: West Isle Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 17, 1988, 24 hours before
- Departed: S19, FRIDAY HARBOR, WA
- Destination: 74S, ANACORTES, WA
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: 74S, Anacortes, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; airline transport, flight engineer, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 12,000 total, 75 in this make and model, 10,000 as pilot in command, 240 in the last 90 days, 78 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 240° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 50 °F

## 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 19881106066839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881106066839A), Nov 6, 1988: Cessna 210K, Anacortes, WA, Substantial damage. Landed in severe crosswind. Main gear collapsed. Damaged elevator spar indicates hard landing. No gear defects.

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

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