20060102000569A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna T210L · Auburn, AL · January 2, 2006

Date
January 2, 2006 · 06:52 local
Place
Auburn, AL
Airport
Auburn-Opelika G Pitts Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N246PL
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL06CA032
Reported as
Cessna T210L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,300 total800 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) This was an IFR flight from clanton, AL to Auburn, AL. The pilot flew the LOC 36 approach with a 7 knot tail wind and about 20 knots indicated, faster than the normal approach speed. The flight broke out at the missed approach point, which is over the end of the runway and at 300 feet above the runway. The aircraft touched down about one third to half way down the runway. The aircraft hydroplaned after touch down and went off the end of the runway, down an embankment, through the airport perimeter fence and across a public road. Aircraft came to a stop, after colliding with a barb wire fence and surrounding brush. The aircraft traveled approximately 600 feet past the end of the runway. There were two passengers on board. The pilot and one passenger sustained minor injuries and the other passenger had no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS WAS AN IFR FLIGHT FROM CLANTON, AL TO AUBURN, AL. THE PILOT FLEW THE LOC 36 APPROACH WITH A 7 KNOT TAIL WIND AND ABOUT 20 KNOTS INDICATED, FASTER THAN THE NORMAL APPROACH SPEED. THE FLIGHT BROKE OUT AT THE MISSED APPROACH POINT, WHICH IS OVER THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND AT 300 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT ONE THIRD TO HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HYDROPLANED AFTER TOUCH DOWN AND WENT OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, THROUGH THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE AND ACROSS A PUBLIC ROAD. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, AFTER COLLIDING WITH A BARB WIRE FENCE AND SURROUNDING BRUSH. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE OTHER PASSENGER HAD NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.