Cessna T210 N300JS

Summary

On 25 September 2020 at about 19:38 local time, a Cessna T210 registered N300JS was involved in an accident near Bridgeport, California, 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

25 September 2020 at 19:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Bridgeport, California, United States

Nearest airport

Bryant Field (O57)

Coordinates

38.2647, -119.2227

Aircraft

Cessna T210

Registration

N300JS

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Concord → Bishop

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR20LA325

Nobody was injured.

An inadvertent retraction of the flaps during a go-around by the pilot-rated passenger, which caused the airplane to settle onto the runway with the landing gear retracted.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, during landing, he elected to go-around because of an overshoot of final and an unstable approach. The pilot applied full power, raised the landing gear, and initiated a climb out. At the same time, the pilot-rated passenger, inadvertently raised the flaps prematurely, which caused the airplane to settle onto the runway with the landing gear retracted. Once the propeller contacted the runway surface, the airplane veered off to the right of the runway and sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.