# NTSB WPR14CA026: Cessna T210 - H, N6942R, Lodi, CA, October 23, 2013 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 23, 2013, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC) - Place: Lodi, CA - Coordinates: 38.203334, -121.26667 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2033&lon=-121.2667&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 19, 2013 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 88268 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR14CA026 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88268/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88268 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA026 ## Probable cause The student pilot's inadequate flare and failure to maintain directional control during landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Training: total instruct/training recvd](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031510): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Student/instructed pilot; cases with it: [Cessna T210H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031510/cases.md?model=2073438), [All aircraft, 24 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031510/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T210H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073438), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T210H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2073438), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T210H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2073438), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T210H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073438), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna T210H, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073438), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The solo student pilot reported that as he crossed the runway threshold, the airplane floated, touched down, and bounced a couple of times. The airplane subsequently departed the left side of the runway, impacted a small ditch and came to rest inverted. The airplane's vertical stabilizer and right wing were substantially damaged. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The solo student pilot reported that as he crossed the runway threshold, the airplane floated, touched down, and bounced a couple of times. The airplane subsequently departed the left side of the runway, impacted a small ditch and came to rest inverted. The airplane's vertical stabilizer and right wing were substantially damaged. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6942R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6942R-2018-03-12), registration cancelled 2018-03-12, S/N T210-0342, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA T210 - H - Registry model: [Cessna T210H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210h) (registry code 2073438) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: T210-0342 - Year built: 1967 - Airframe hours: 5096 - Engines: Continental IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Maqsood M. Awan - Registered owner: Maqsood M. Awan - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 16, 2013, 29 hours before - Departed: F72, Franklin, CA - Destination: 1O3, Lodi, CA - Airport: 1O3, Lodi Airport, runway 26, 3,735 × 42 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 32; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 52 total, 2 in this make and model, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 7 knots - Visibility: 8 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 29.85 inHg - Observed at: SCK, 15 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 20131023021469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131023021469A), Oct 23, 2013: Cessna T210H, Lodi, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft was landing at Lodi, CA. Runway 26. Aircraft touched down hard on nose gear before midfield, bounced three times, ran off runway to the left, hit a… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 25, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88268. 104 KB in all. - Pilot Statement, e-mail to FAA (item 1, .PDF, 104 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40403973&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%20Statement,%20e-mail%20to%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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.