# NTSB ATL06CA032: Cessna T210L, N246PL, Auburn, AL, January 2, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 2, 2006, 06:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Coordinates: 32.615001, -85.433891
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6150&lon=-85.4339&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Birmingham FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63040
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63040/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA032

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, other
  - object - fence

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N246PL-2008-04-14), registration cancelled 2008-04-14, S/N 21059625 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059625
- Airframe hours: 7050
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: minor; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060102000569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060102000569A), Jan 2, 2006: Cessna T210L, Auburn, AL, Substantial damage. (-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…

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.

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