CHI06CA048

The airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain and subsequent nose over during a night landing. The pilot stated, "While descending to the minimum altitude for the area (3000 msl [mean sea level]) I picked up rime ice on the windshield but could see lights on the ground thru the side windows. ... Shortly thereafter I had the airport visually. The ice on the windshield had started sublimating. When I was on final, I had good visual contact of the airport, runway, VASI, runway and edge lights. The approach was normal. As I was about to touch down, I apparently was hit with crosswind gusts that change my direction 10- 15 degrees and moved me to the edge of the runway. About that time I must have run out of flying speed and touched down on the snow to the left of the runway. I traveled a 100 ft or so until the nose wheel dug in to the soft dirt and flipped the aircraft upside down."

On December 21, 2005, about 1800 eastern standard time, a Cessna T210M, N761WY, piloted by a commercial pilot, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain and subsequent nose over during a landing at the Youngstown Elser Metro Airport (4G4), near North Lima, Ohio. The personal flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was operating on an activated instrument flight rules flight plan. The pilot and passenger reported no injuries. The flight originated from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), near Covington, Kentucky, about 1630.

The pilot's accident report stated:

Departed CVG approx. 4:30 P.M. for 4G4 and was cleared to 7000 ft. In the

Columbus area I was again on top of the under cast layer. Approaching

KCAK I listened to their ATIS and heard other pilots reporting light rime

icing going thru the cloud layer, which was 2500 to 3000 ft thick. The

controllers were telling pilots to expect icing in the clouds.

I was vectored for the VOR-A approach into 4G4. While descending to the

minimum altitude for the area (3000 msl [mean sea level]) I picked up rime

icing on the windshield but could see lights on the ground thru the side

windows. At BASSI, I began my decent and at approx 2000 ft msl, I was in

the clear and was in VMC. Shortly there after I had the airport visually. The

ice on the windshield had started sublimating. When I was on final, I had

good visual contact of the airport, runway, VASI, runway and edge lights.

The approach was normal. As I was about to touch down, I apparently was hit

with crosswind gusts that change my direction 10- 15 degrees and moved me

to the edge of the runway. About that time I must have run out of flying speed

and touched down on the snow to the left of the runway. I traveled a 100 ft or so

until the nose wheel dug in to the soft dirt and flipped the aircraft upside down.