# NTSB WPR26LA124: Cessna T210, N29138, Upland, CA, March 11, 2026 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: March 11, 2026, 10:26 local (17:26 UTC) - Place: Upland, CA - Coordinates: 34.111609, -117.68738 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1116&lon=-117.6874&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 7, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 202637 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA124 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202637/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA124 ## Probable cause The pilot’s improper approach, which resulted in a long landing, runway excursion, and a nose over. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation; cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that he was attempting to land at an airport he had never flown to. During his first attempt, he had difficulty slowing the airplane and opted to abort the landing. On the second approach, he landed long and upon touchdown, the airplane bounced and then settled back on the runway surface. The pilot applied heavy braking and the airplane slowed while he continued into the paved overrun. When the pavement ended, he had little braking traction on the dirt and he attempted to steer the airplane to the left, but the airplane was moving too slowly to obtain effective rudder steering and he did not have sufficient traction to steer with the brakes. The airplane continued through the dirt to an embankment, nosed over, and came to rest inverted with the wings on a chain-link fence. The airplane incurred substantial damage to the right wing during the accident sequence. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N29138](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29138), registered now, S/N 21059815, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA T210 (L) - Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21059815 - Year built: 1973 - Airframe hours: 4388 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520-H 285 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 10, 2025, 55 hours before - Departed: L08, Borrego Springs, CA - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: CCB, Cable, runway 06/24, 3,863 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 12, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 2,098.7 total, 1,009 in this make and model, 2,017.5 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.05 inHg - Observed at: KCCB - METAR: METAR KCCB 031835Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM CLR 17/08 A3005 RMK AO2 ## 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 20260311002029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260311002029A), Mar 11, 2026: Cessna T210L, Upland, CA, Substantial damage. Facts: on March 11, 2026, the pilot and one passenger onboard Cessna CE-T210L, [privacy data omitted], departed borrego springs (L08) at 0946L for Cable (ccb).… 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.