# NTSB BFO89LA046: Cessna 210A, N9520X, Ocean City, MD, June 19, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1989, 13:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place: Ocean City, MD
- Coordinates: 38.350463, -75.129066 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3505&lon=-75.1291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11509
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO89LA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11509/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89LA046

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO GO AROUND AFTER LANDING LONG & RECOVERING FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE PILOT'S EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED ON THE APCH, HIS IMPROPER FLARE FOR THE LANDING, HIS FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT, AND THE AIRPORT FACILITY (LOCALIZER TRANSMITTER) BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport facility (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT RPRTD THAT DRG AN APCH TO LAND, HIS SPEED WAS 90 MPH RATHER THAN THE 75 TO 80 MPH THAT HE NORMALLY USED. HE USED FULL FLAPS ON THE APCH & LANDED ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY. DRG TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT BOUNCED & THE PLT USED POWER TO RECOVER. HE CONTINUED THE LANDING, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY. THE ACFT CONTINUED OFF THE END & WENT DOWN A SLOPE WHERE IT STRUCK A LOCALIZER TRANSMITTER. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT WAS RPRTD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9520X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9520X-2007-04-02), registration cancelled 2007-04-02, S/N 21057820 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Registry model: [Cessna 210A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (registry code 2073408) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21057820
- Airframe hours: 3804
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-E 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James W. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 14, 1989, 30 hours before
- Departed: CDW, CALDWELL, NJ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: N80, Ocean City, runway 14, 4,070 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 73; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,000 total, 475 in this make and model, 4,000 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SBY, 18 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 19890619016769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890619016769A), Jun 19, 1989: Cessna 210A, Ocean City, MD, Substantial damage. Landed and ran off end of runway into cluster of antennae. Minor damage to aircraft.

## Other investigations on N9520X (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 LAX93LA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA363), Jul 25, 1993: Cessna 210A (N9520X), Salinas, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: An undetermined loss of engine power during the final approach phase of landing resulting in a collision with terrain during the forced landing.

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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