# Accident 19990529006199A: Cessna T210N, Kalamazoo, MI, May 29, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1999, 20:10 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3008° N, 85.5892° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3008&lon=-85.5892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9612Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9612Y-1999-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990529006199A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED RWY 27 PORPOISED SEVERAL TIMES, WENT OFF DEPARTURE END, CRASHED THROUGH AIRPORT FENCE ONTO ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH A VEHICLE. (.19)ON MAY 28,19 99, AT 2010 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME. A CESSNA T210N, N9612Y, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A LANDING OVERRUN ON RUNWAY 27 (3,350 FEET BY 150 FEET, DRY ASPHALT) AT KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AZO), KALAMOZOO, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS NOT ORIGINATED FROM THE OAKLAND/TROY AIRPORT (7D2), TROY, MICHIGAN AND WAS ENROUTE TO AZO WITH A FINAL DESTINATION BEING MACKINAC ISLAND, MICHIGAN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD OBTAINED FULL FUEL FROM A FIXED OPERATOR AT 7D2. HE DESCRIBED HIS APPROACH INTO AZO AS BEING FAIRLY STEEP WITH THE POWER PULLED BACK. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STRAIGHT IN FOR RUNWAY 27 AT AZO AND HAD SELECTED 10 DEGREES OF FLAPS AS A LANDING FLAP SETTING. THE PILOT ADDED THAT HE WAS COMING IN TOO FAST. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN AT A POINT 1/2 DOWN THE RUNWAY AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AT WHICH POINT HE ELECTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. HE REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE "CUT-OUT" AS HE WENT TO A FULL POWER SETTING. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THAT THE MIXTURE AND PROPELLER CONTROLS WERE FULLY FORWARD DURING THE GO-AROUND ATTEMP. REPORTS INDICAE THAT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A SECTION OF NORTH-SOUTH FENCE ACROSS THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 27, IMPACTED A VEHICLE THAT WAS SOUTHBOUND ON A NORTH-SOUTH ROAD AND THEN IMPACTED A SECOND FENCE LOCAED ALONG SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE PILOT AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL REPORTED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ALSO REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE. (-23) THE AIRPLANE LANDED LONG ON A 3350FT RUNWAY, BOUNCED, ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND, WENT THROUGH A CHAIN LINK FENCE, STRUCK A CAR IN PASSING AN ADJOINING ROAD, WENT THROUGH ANOTHER CHAIN LINK FENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE STOPPING.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT.  A PERSON IN THE CAR RECEIVED A BROKEN COLLAR BONE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA170), May 29, 1999: Cessna T210N (N9612Y), Kalamazoo, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the excessive airspeed, the proper touchdown point not obtained and the aborted landing not performed by the pilot. The fence and automobile were contributing factors.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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