- Date
- December 9, 2011, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pampa, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N421CECessna 421B
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- FAA report
- 20111209027819A
- Case key
- 82506
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate aircraft control during landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was flying a global positioning system approach in instrument meteorological conditions with icing present. The pilot stated that the airplane broke out of the weather about 300 feet above the ground and 300 feet right of the runway, with 1/8- to 1/4-inch of accumulated ice on the wings. The pilot made a correction to the left and overshot the runway, landing hard in the grass to the left of the runway. The airplane traveled about 1,000 feet in the grass before re-entering the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the rear spar of the right wing was bent. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.
Factual narrative
The pilot was flying a global positioning system approach to landing in instrument meteorological conditions with icing present. The pilot stated that the airplane broke out of the weather about 300 feet above the ground and 300 feet right of the runway, with 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice accumulated on the wings. The pilot made a correction to land and overshot the runway, landing hard in the grass. The airplane traveled about 1,000 feet in the grass before re-entering the runway. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed the rear spar of the right wing was bent. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N421CE
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0008
- Engines
- Cont Motor GTSIO-520-C, 340 horsepower, reciprocatingCont Motor GTSIO-520-C, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reinhart Paul Eric
- Registered owner
- Reinhart Paul Eric
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CDS · Childress, TX
- Destination
- PPA · Pampa, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PPA · Perry Lefors Field Airport, runway 17, 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
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 6, 2011
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,347 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 59 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.37 inHg
- Observed at
- PPA
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 21, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.