- Date
- November 7, 1999, 10:44 local (15:44 UTC)
- Place
- Rochester, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8235MCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19991107042499A
- Case key
- 47728
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Probable cause
the pilot did not obtain the proper touchdown point. Factors included the closed runway and the culvert.
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 pilot reported that airplane was configured for landing with the landing gear down, full flaps, full propeller pitch, and 80 mph. He reported that, 'Something made plane settle faster than normal and landed short of runway... .' Runway 11 had been closed due to construction and the taxiway was being used for takeoffs and landings. The airplane landed short of the taxiway and the nose gear impacted a culvert prior to rolling onto the taxiway. The inspection of the airplane revealed no anomalies.
Factual narrative
On November 7, 1999, at 1044 eastern standard time, a Cessna 210, N8235M, was substantially damaged during landing when it landed short of the taxiway that was being used as a temporary runway, and the nose wheel collapsed. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight departed Lockport, Illinois, at 0955 EST with Fulton County Airport, Rochester, Indiana, as the destination airport. The private pilot and two passengers were not injured, and one passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported that airplane was configured for landing with the landing gear down, full flaps, full propeller pitch, and 80 mph. He reported that, "Something made plane settle faster than normal and landed short of runway... ."
Runway 11 had been closed due to construction and the taxiway was being used for takeoffs and landings. The airplane landed short of the taxiway and the nose gear impacted a culvert prior to rolling onto the taxiway.
The inspection of the airplane revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8235M
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-59235
- Airframe hours
- 3,242
- Engine
- Continental IO-520L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Alice
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 1999 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- LOT · Lockport, IL
- Destination
- RCR
- Airport
- RCR · Fulton County, runway 11, 2,400 × 26 ft
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,442 total · 1,129 in this make and model · 1,315 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GUS, 24 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.