# NTSB ATL83FID04: Cessna 210G, N5889F, Chesterfield, VA, February 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1983, 16:04 local (21:04 UTC)
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Coordinates: 37.389408, -77.590194 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3894&lon=-77.5902&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5958
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FID04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5958/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FID04

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - touch-and-go - initiated, dual student (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, dual student (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK DURING LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS MAKING TOUCH & GO LANDINGS ON A TRAFFIC FLIGHT. THE SNOW BANKS COVERED 17 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. RUNWAY WIDTH WAS 75 FEET. THE CFI SAID THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT DURING A GO-AROUND AND ENDED UP OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE SNOW.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5889F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5889F-1995-04-04), registration cancelled 1995-04-04, S/N 21058889 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- Registry model: [Cessna 210G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (registry code 2073430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058889
- Airframe hours: 2724
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: E.T. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 17, 1982, 38 hours before
- Departed: RIC, SANDSTON, VA
- Airport: W98, Chesterfield, runway 33, 4,400 × 75 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 989 total, 23 in this make and model, 863 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RIC, 11 nm away

## 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 19830215004199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830215004199A), Feb 15, 1983: Cessna 210G, Chesterfield, VA, Substantial damage. Instructor pilot allowed student to lose directional control of aircraft resulting in collision with snowbank.

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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