- Date
- May 19, 2002, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake in Hills, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N210ABCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20020519010169A
- Case key
- 54731
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Probable cause
It was not possible for the pilot to land the airplane at a proper touchdown point during the aborted takeoff and unsuitable terrain was encountered off the end of the runway. Factors associated with the accident were a proper climb rate was not achieved during takeoff for undetermined reasons and the nose gear collapsed due to overload.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane nosed over during an aborted takeoff. The pilot reported that the airplane was not climbing normally on takeoff and he decided to abort the takeoff. The airplane continued off the end of the runway where it hit a berm, collapsing the nose gear. The airplane then nosed over in a culvert. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical failure/malfunction of the airplane.
Factual narrative
On May 19, 2002, at 1030 central daylight time, a Cessna T210N, N210AB, owned and piloted by a private instrument rated pilot, sustained substantial damage when the aircraft contacted a ditch during an aborted takeoff. The takeoff was being made on runway 26 (3,058 feet by 50 feet, asphalt) at Lake in the Hills Airport in Lake in the Hills, Illinois. The nose wheel of the aircraft dug into the ground and the airplane nosed over. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 on a visual flight rules flight plan. The pilot reported minor injuries. The three passengers aboard the airplane reported no injuries. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident with an intended destination of Morris, Illinois.
The pilot reported the airplane was configured with 10 degrees of flaps extended, and with the elevator rudder trim set for takeoff. He reported that he advanced the manifold pressure to 36.5 inches while holding the brakes at the end of the runway. He then released the brakes, rolled down the runway, and rotated at 65 to 70 knots. The pilot reported the airplane climbed to about 15 feet above the runway and the "Plane was not climbing out as it normally does, it just did not feel right." The pilot elected to abort the takeoff. He reported that he attempted to stop the airplane, but it traveled off the end of the runway where it hit a berm, collapsing the nose gear. The airplane then nosed over in a culvert.
The pilot completed a NTSB Form 6120.1/2 on which he indicated that there was no mechanical failure/malfunction of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210AB
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064384
- Airframe hours
- 2,370
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas L. Schiro
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 22, 2001 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- 3CK · Lake in Hills, IL
- Destination
- C59 · Morris, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3CK · Lake in the Hills, runway 26, 3,058 × 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
- Age
- 58
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- March 6, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 765 total · 259 in this make and model · 617 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 21 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 7, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 419 KB 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.