Cessna P210 N234SB

Summary

On 1 August 2019 at about 23:15 local time, a Cessna P210 registered N234SB was involved in an accident near Novato, California, United States. 2 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

1 August 2019 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Novato, California, United States

Nearest airport

Gnoss Field (DVO)

Coordinates

38.1411, -122.5558

Aircraft

Cessna P210

Registration

N234SB

Category

Airplane

Year built

1981

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ogden → Novato

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR19LA231

Nobody was injured.

The pilots’ improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and collapse of the nose landing gear.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, after making a normal approach, the airplane touched down on the runway surface and bounced. The airplane touched down again, resulting in the nose gear collapsing. The propeller contacted the runway, and the airplane veered off the asphalt, coming to rest in the grass median. A postaccident examination of the nose gear revealed that signatures were consistent with the nose strut failing as a result of a heavy aft force that would occur with an extreme nose-low impact or encounter with an obstacle. The damage incurred to the airplane supported the likelihood that the airplane touched down hard on the nose gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.