# Accident 20101023048689A: Cessna 340A, Camp Verde, AZ, October 23, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2010, 12:10 local time
- Place: Camp Verde, AZ
- Airport: Montezuma Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6050° N, 111.8653° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6050&lon=-111.8653&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630PL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N630PL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,819 total, 240 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101023048689A

## Narrative

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

10/23/2010 PILOT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT MONTEZUMA AIRPORT (19AZ), CAMP VERDE, AZ. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO THE 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD.10/25/2010 PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ENROUTE FROM PRC. HE HAD LEFT THE AIRCRAFT THERE OVERNIGHT DUE TO WEATHER. HE STATED HE BEGAN HIS BASE TURN EARLY AT 19AZ AND CAME IN HIGH AND FAST. HE STATED HE THOUGHT HE WAS ABOUT 100-110 KNOTS ON FINAL INSTEAD OF HIS NORMAL 94 KNOTS. HE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT A THIRD DOWN THE RUNWAY. HE REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP BEFORE REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND TRIED TO GROUND LOOP THE AIRCRAFT TO SLOW IT DOWN AND AVOID GOING OFF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR11CA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11CA026), Oct 23, 2010: Cessna 340A (N630PL), Camp Verde, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudged approach and failure to attain the correct touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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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