- Date
- January 2, 2006, 06:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place
- Auburn, AL
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N246PLCessna T210L
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Birmingham FSDO
- FAA report
- 20060102000569A
- Case key
- 63040
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point during landing which resulted in an overrun and subsequent on ground collision with a fence.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot, while making a localizer approach to runway 36, in IFR conditions, the airplane broke out of the overcast at about 400 feet above ground level. The pilot forced the airplane down and landed about 2,000 feet past the runway's threshold at about 100 to 120 knots indicated airspeed. The pilot stated that he was unable to stop the airplane before it departed the end of the runway and collided with the airport's perimeter fencing. There were no mechanical problems reported by the pilot or discovered during the post-accident examination of the airplane.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, while making a localizer approach to runway 36, in IFR conditions the airplane broke out of the overcast at about 400 feet above ground level. The pilot forced the airplane down and landed about 2,000 past the runway's threshold at about 100 to 120 knots indicated airspeed. The pilot stated that he was unable to stop the airplane before it departed the end of the runway and collided with the airport's perimeter fencing. Damage consisted of the right wing, right aileron, right elevator, the nose gear and propeller. There were no mechanical problems reported by the pilot or discovered during the post-accident examination of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N246PL
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059625
- Airframe hours
- 7,050
- Engine
- Continental TSIO 520R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 2005
- Departed
- 02A · Clanton, AL
- Destination
- AUO · Auburn, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AUO · Auburn Opelika Airport, runway 36, 5,265 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 800 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- AUO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.