- Date
- February 15, 1993, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sunbury, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8110GCessna 210K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930215002379A
- Case key
- 11899
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll. The soft terrain was a related factor.
Analysis
During the takeoff roll from a private, gravel strip covered with patches of snow, the pilot said the airplane's left main wheel 'dropped' off the gravel portion of the runway resulting in the airplane veering to the left. He said he continued the takeoff roll with full power, full right rudder, and 10 degrees of flaps, but the nosewheel struck a soft spot on the runway and nosed over. He reported that the soft spot was a trench that had been excavated last August, and had not settled completely. He reported that there was no mechanical malfunction.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8110G
- Reported as
- Cessna 210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059410
- Airframe hours
- 2,101
- Engine
- Continental IO-520C, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger R Brown
- Registered owner
- Roger R Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1992 · 27 hours before
- Destination
- Venice, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Lakeside Landings, runway 9, 2,800 × 100 ft, gravel
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
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 644 total · 356 in this make and model · 566 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 1 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.
Other investigations on N8110G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.