# Accident 20101001046899A: Cessna 550, Manteo, NC, October 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2010, 08:30 local time
- Place: Manteo, NC
- Airport: Dare County Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9189° N, 75.6953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9189&lon=-75.6953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N262Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N262Y-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-4
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 5
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101001046899A

## Narrative

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

ON OCT. 1, 2010, CITATION 550 (N262Y) DEPARTED TAMPA INTERNATIONAL (TPA) AT APPROXIMATELY 6:29AM.   AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT MANTEO, NC (MQI) AT APPROXIMATELY 0830.  PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN BUT DID NOT SELECT AN ALTERNATE EVEN THOUGH FORECASTED WEATHER FOR MQI WAS IMC CONDITION (LESS THAN 2,000 FEET).  PIC STATED THERE WAS NO MAINTENANCE DISCREPANCIES NOTED DURING PREFLIGHT OR DURING FLIGHT.  WEATHER CONDITIONS AT MQI, RECORDED BY SIC JUST PRIOR TO APPROACH (AND CONFIRMED BY AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVATON SYSTEM), WAS WINDS: 340 AT 4 KTS., VISIBILITY: 2 AND A HALF MILES, LIGHT DRIZZLE, CEILING: 1,100 FEET BROKEN, TEMPERATURE: 21, DEW POINT: 21, ALTIMETER: 2962.   PIC SAID HE DETERMINED LANDING DISTANCES "OFF THE TOP OF HIS HEAD" AND ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO MQI TO LAND. AIRCRAFT APPROACHED RUNWAY 23 FROM THE NORTHEAST ON THE GPS 23 APPROACH AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 (LENGTH 4,305 FEET) WITH STANDING WATER WHILE ENCOUNTERING A 2 KNOT TAILWIND AND DRIZZLE.  3 WITNESSES SAW AIRCRAFT TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY JUST WEST OF TAXIWAY DELTA WITH 2,175 FOOT REMAINING (PERFORMANCE CHART LISTS APPROXIMATELY 3,089 TO 3,515 FEET NEEDED FOR ESTIMATED AIRCRAFT WEIGHT OF 11,200 LBS. WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY PIC). PILOT APPLIED FULL THRUST REVERSERS AND BRAKES UPON/DURING LANDING AND NOTED THAT BRAKES WERE NOT HOLDING FOR REMAINDER OF RUNWAY (HYDROPLANING). AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN RUNWAY IN A LEFT CRAB ANGLE, GOING OFF THE END OF RUNWAY, OVER A ROCKY BERM AND INTO CROATAN SOUND APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM SHORE.  ALL 7 PEOPLE EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES.  THERE WERE NO FATALITIES.

## 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 ERA11FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA001), Oct 1, 2010: Cessna 550 (N262Y), Manteo, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain proper airspeed and his failure to initiate a go-around, which resulted in the airplane touching down too fast on a short, wet runway and a subsequent…

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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