# NTSB WPR11CA330: Cessna 210-5(205), N8343Z, McKenzie Bridge, OR, July 10, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 10, 2011, 14:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place: McKenzie Bridge, OR
- Coordinates: 44.175556, -122.084724 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1756&lon=-122.0847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 2011
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81123
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR11CA330
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81123/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81123
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA330

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210-5(205), 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073202), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210-5(205), 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2073202), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: pitch control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210-5(205), 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md?model=2073202), [All aircraft, 526 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 210-5(205), 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2073202), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 210-5(205), 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2073202), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, he flared about six feet above the runway numbers and the airplane touched down hard, bounced, and began to porpoise. On the second bounce, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left outboard end of the wing. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe that would have precluded normal flight.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, he flared about six feet above the runway numbers and the airplane touched down hard, bounced, and began to porpoise. On the second bounce, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left outboard end of the wing. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe that would have precluded normal flight.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8343Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8343Z), registered now, S/N 205-0343, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5(205)
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5(205)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (registry code 2073202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 205-0343
- Airframe hours: 3827
- Engines: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SERIES 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stephen Perrault Construction LLC
- Registered owner: Stephen Perrault Construction LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 2, 2011, 47 hours before
- Departed: KBDN, Bend, OR
- Destination: 005, McKenzie Bridge, OR
- Airport: 00S, Mc Kenzie Bridge State Airport, runway 06, 2,600 × 90 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review September 7, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 257 total, 257 in this make and model, 197 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 351° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.90 inHg
- Observed at: kbdn, 39 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 20110710013669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110710013669A), Jul 10, 2011: Cessna 210-5(205), Mckenzie Bridge, OR, Substantial damage. The aircraft departed prineville, OR, S39, for a pleasure flight with the pilot and 2 passengers at approximately 12:50 pm PDT with intentions of returning to…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 17, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=81123.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40351756&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Photo 1 - Leading Edge Left Wing - Courtesy FAA (item 2, .PDF, 976 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40351842&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Leading%20Edge%20Left%20Wing%20-%20Courtesy%20FAA-Master.PDF
- Photo 2 - Left Wing Outboard Rib - Courtesy of FAA (item 3, .PDF, 917 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40351843&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20-%20Left%20Wing%20Outboard%20Rib%20-%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA-Master.PDF

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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