N450EM – CESSNA 210M – 2013-07-28 NTSB Accident Report

On July 28, 2013, a Cessna 210M (N450EM) was involved in an incident near Shirley, NY. All 2 people aboard were uninjured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this incident to be: The pilot's loss of control during an aborted takeoff as a result of his failure to properly configure the elevator trim prior to flight.

The pilot reported to a Federal Aviation Administration inspector that, after completing a preflight inspection of the airplane and an engine run up, he taxied the airplane for departure. As the airplane rotated off the runway, the pilot noted that the control yoke felt "heavy." Approximately 25 feet above the ground, the pilot elected to abort the takeoff, and pitched the airplane's nose down. The airplane contacted the runway, bounced, and became airborne again. As the airplane touched down a second time in a nose-down attitude, the propeller struck the runway and the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane skidded off the right side of the runway and came to rest inverted, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, right wing, and engine firewall.

This incident is documented in NTSB report ERA13CA338. AviatorDB cross-references NTSB investigation data with FAA registry records to provide comprehensive safety information for aircraft N450EM.