- Date
- May 28, 2014, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moab, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9589TCessna 210
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Adminitration
- FAA report
- 20140528006769A
- Case key
- 89322
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that the purpose of the flight was to make numerous takeoffs and transport skydivers to an adequate jumping altitude. The first takeoff was uneventful, and after the skydivers egressed the airplane, the pilot returned back to the airport. During the landing, the airplane bounced three times down the runway. The pilot taxied to the hangar and without shutting down the engine, boarded the second load of skydivers. Shortly thereafter, the pilot departed and during the initial climb, he attempted to retract the landing gear. The landing gear would not retract and the pilot decided to continue the flight with the landing gear extended. After the skydivers jumped, the pilot landed without incident. He taxied back to the hangar and shut down the engine. After exiting the airplane he noticed that the propeller tips were bent. As a result of the impact, the firewall was substantially damaged. The pilot reported no pre impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that the purpose of the flight was to make numerous takeoffs and transport skydivers to an adequate jumping altitude. The first takeoff was uneventful, and after the skydivers egressed the airplane, the pilot returned back to the airport. During the landing, the airplane bounced three times down the runway. The pilot taxied to the hangar and without shutting down the engine, boarded the second load of skydivers. Shortly thereafter, the pilot departed and during the initial climb, he attempted to retract the landing gear. The landing gear would not retract and the pilot decided to continue the flight with the landing gear extended. After the skydivers jumped, the pilot landed without incident. He taxied back to the hangar and shut down the engine. After exiting the airplane he noticed that the propeller tips were bent. As a result of the impact, the firewall was substantially damaged. The pilot reported no pre impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9589T
- Reported as
- Cessna 210 (F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57389
- Built
- 1960
- Airframe hours
- 3,883
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental Motors IO-470E, 260 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Operator
- Canyonland Skydive
- Registered owner
- Gray Robert P
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 18, 2014 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- CNY · Moab, UT
- Destination
- CNY · Moab, UT
- Airport
- CNY · Canyonlands Field, runway 03, 7,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 120 in this make and model · 172 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Observed at
- KCYN
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 19, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9589T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.