# Accident 20020227006049A: Cessna 210L, Atlanta, GA, February 27, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2002, 17:18 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Fulton County Airport-Brown Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7806° N, 84.5244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7806&lon=-84.5244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115CW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N115CW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL02LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020227006049A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26 WHEN HE WAS AT 4,500 FEET AND ABOUT 8 MILES OUT WITH AN AIRCRAFT BEHIND HIM. THE WINDS WERE 310/11G19 VAR 280-340. THE PILOT HAD TROUBLE GETTIND DOWN AND HE WAS ABOUT +20 KNOTS ON HIS AIRSPEED AND LONG ON THE LANDING. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT HE LANDED AS LONG AS HE DID. ACCORDING TO THE TOWER HE TOUCHED DOWN IN THE LAST 2000-2100 FEET REMAINING AND THEY OBSERVED SMOKE FROM HIS BRAKING AT ABOUT 100 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING THE END AND HE CONSIDERED A GO-AROUND THAT HIS AIRSPEED WAS ONLY ABOUT 60 KNOTS. HE KNEW THAT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR A GO-AROUND. THAT'S WHEN HE GOT ON THE BRAKES AND THE TOWER SAW THE SMOKE FROM HIS BRAKING. HE WENT OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 26 AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S BACK. AFTER YOU DEPART THE RUNWAY THERE IS ABOUT A 30 TO 40 DEGREE SLOPE ON THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE.

## 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 ATL02LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA056), Feb 27, 2002: Cessna 210L (N115CW), Atlanta, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point and excessive airspeed on landing resulting in the airplane going off the end of the runway, on-ground collision with an embankment, and…

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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