Plane Crash List

Cessna 210L N732EK

30 July 2002 · Cascade, Idaho, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 30 July 2002 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 210L registered N732EK was involved in an accident near Cascade, Idaho, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 17:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Cascade, Idaho, United States
Nearest airport
Sulphur Creek Ranch (ID74)
Coordinates
44.5367, -115.3508
Aircraft
Cessna 210L
Registration
N732EK
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bend → Cascade
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA02LA141

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent on short final resulting in a touchdown short of the runway threshold. Contributing factors were the variable winds and swampy terrain at the touchdown site.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was on short final to runway 28, a 3,300 foot gravel-turf runway, when he encountered a sink and the aircraft began to rapidly settle. He applied power but the aircraft touched down 70 feet short and 30 feet left of the runway centerline and in a swampy/marshy area. Immediately following the touchdown the Cessna 210L's main gear collapsed and the nose gear separated. The pilot reported that immediately following the accident, he observed winds at the airstrip varying 5-10 knots in speed and shifting from a westerly to an easterly direction.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Cessna 210 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
14 Nov 2002 Cessna 210L
N2444S
Rochester, New York, United States - Fatal 1
16 Jul 2002 Cessna 210A
N9466X
Sherman, Texas, United States Stephen M. Sims Minor injuries -
20 Nov 2002 Cessna 210L
N93770
Kentwood, Louisiana, United States Cloud Chasers Fatal 1
10 May 2002 Cessna 210
N7482E
Westhampton Bch, New York, United States Edward Pagan Serious injuries -
22 Jul 2002 Cessna 210L
N732AK
Zelienople, Pennsylvania, United States - Serious injuries -
28 Mar 2002 Cessna 210-M
N29795
Buena Vista, Colorado, United States - Minor injuries -

All 2,022 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
11 Aug 2002 Piper PA-22/20
N1573P
Shearer, Idaho, United States - No injuries -
25 Sep 2002 Piper PA-28-180
N7027W
Yellow Pine, Idaho, United States - Fatal 2
12 Mar 2002 Piper PA-31
N2336V
Atlanta, Idaho, United States - Fatal 3
16 Jun 2002 Stinson 108-1
N8849K
Heyburn, Idaho, United States - No injuries -
17 Aug 2002 Beechcraft C-35
N1888D
Nampa, Idaho, United States - Serious injuries -
21 Sep 2002 Cessna R172K
N1071V
Salmon, Idaho, United States - No injuries -

All 170,864 records in United States