- Date
- August 2, 1991, 10:06 local (14:06 UTC)
- Place
- Petersburg, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2112SCessna 210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910802031369A
- Case key
- 11630
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate pre-takeoff check and his failure to abort the takeoff. Inadequate maintenance of the engine was a factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was on takeoff roll and witnesses reported it was near the end of the 3060 foot runway, when it lifted off. According to the witnesses, the airplane climbed slowly and struck trees about 2000 feet past the end of the runway. A witness who arrived at the accident site shortly after the crash encountered the pilot who asked him to turn the ignition switch off. The witness noticed the switch was set at the left magneto position. The pilot had no recollection of the sequence of events associated with the accident. The investigation included an operational test of the engine. The engine would not exceed 2400 RPM on both magnetos, and no more than 2100 RPM on the one magneto. A check of the engine to magneto timing revealed the magnetos were timed about 10 degrees outside the specified timing parameters. The engine was retimed to specification and it was operated to 2500 RPM on both magnetos, 2400 RPM on one magneto.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2112S
- Reported as
- Cessna 210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert L. Pope
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Pope
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1990 · 182 hours before
- Departed
- PTB
- Destination
- ISM · Kissimmee, FL
- Airport
- PTB · Petersburg Municipal, runway 32, 3,060 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 1,018 in this make and model · 58 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RIC, 999 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.