Cessna 210F N615BT

Summary

On 10 October 2011 at about 01:05 local time, a Cessna 210F registered N615BT, operated by Cheney Dustin S, was involved in an accident near Phillipsburg, Kansas, 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.

Date

10 October 2011 at 01:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Phillipsburg, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Phillipsburg Municipal Airport (PHG)

Coordinates

39.7347, -99.3169

Aircraft

Cessna 210F

Registration

N615BT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Cheney Dustin S

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Clair → Phillipsburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN12CA064

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he made a normal landing on the main tires, but when the nosewheel touched down it began to shimmy violently. In response, he pulled back on the control yoke, and the airplane became momentarily airborne, bounced several times, and porpoised down the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the nosewheel tire was crushed and partially attached to the rim; the firewall was wrinkled, the nose landing gear doors were damaged, the nose gear strut was slightly bent, and all three propeller blades were bent aft at the tips. Examination of the runway indicated that there were two propeller strike marks on the runway followed by impact scars from the nosewheel. Just past the nosewheel impact marks, there were four additional propeller strike marks. The pilot stated that he did not observe any abnormality with the nosewheel tire before the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.