# NTSB BFO87LA017: Cessna T210N, N244MB, West Point, VA, January 29, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 28, 1987, 20:30 local (Jan 29, 1987, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: West Point, VA
- Coordinates: 37.550682, -76.799514 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5507&lon=-76.7995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11306
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO87LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11306/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA017

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - terrain condition (cause)
  - terrain condition - snowbank (cause)
  - airport snow removal - inadequate, airport personnel (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK WHEN THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RWY ABOUT 100 FT FROM THE APCH END AND 10 FT LEFT OF THE RWY CENTERLINE. AFTERWARDS THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FOLDED INTO THE WHEEL WELL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N244MB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N244MB-1991-03-14), registration cancelled 1991-03-14, S/N 21063358 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 63358
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: J. R. Crow Rosalind Foer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 27, 1986, 160 hours before
- Departed: OHF, NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Airport: W97, West Point, runway 27, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,003 total, 13 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 300° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling: none

## Other investigations on N244MB (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 NYC90LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90LA016), Oct 21, 1989: Cessna T210N (N244MB), Teterboro, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: LACK OF HYDRAULIC FLUID IN THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.

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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