# NTSB BFO87FA026: Cessna 210M, N1230M, Charleston, WV, March 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 5, 1987, 13:33 local (18:33 UTC)
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Coordinates: 38.370559, -81.560585 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3706&lon=-81.5606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11282
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO87FA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11282/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87FA026

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AFTER LANDING TOUCHDOWN. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ASSUME A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND HEARD SOME POWER APPLIED TO THE ENGINE AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHETHER THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ABORT THE LANDING OR REGAIN CONTROL AND COMPLETE THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER RIGHT TO A POINT 173 FEET RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK AT THE EDGE OF A DEEP RAVINE. THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT DOVE INTO THE RAVINE AND IMPACTED ON THE NOSE WHILE IN A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1230M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1230M-1992-05-01), registration cancelled 1992-05-01, S/N 21061925 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Registry model: [Cessna 210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (registry code 2073450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061925
- Airframe hours: 3405
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520L 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Donald Frank Yenko
- Registered owner: Yenko Chevrolet Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 22, 1985, 282 hours before
- Departed: CKB, CLARKSBURG, WV
- Airport: CRW, Yeager, runway 23, 6,302 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 4,967 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CRW

## 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 19870305004589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870305004589A), Mar 5, 1987: Cessna 210M, Charleston, WV, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Bounced. Lost control. Veered off runway. Attempted a go around. Struck a dirt bank,fell nose first into a ravine.

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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