# NTSB CHI06CA048: Cessna T210M, N761WY, North Lima, OH, December 21, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: December 21, 2005, 18:11 local (23:11 UTC) - Place: North Lima, OH - Coordinates: 40.961666, -80.677223 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9617&lon=-80.6772&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 28, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Cleveland, OH, FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 63008 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA048 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63008/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA048 ## Probable cause The pilot not maintaining airspeed and directional control during the landing. Factors were the snow covered soft terrain the airplane nosed over on. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - ground - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing ## Analysis 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." ## Factual narrative 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. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N761WY](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761WY-2007-01-09), registration cancelled 2007-01-09, S/N 21062588, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna T210M - Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21062588 - Airframe hours: 3663.3 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520-R reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: John F. Kummer - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2005 - Departed: CVG, COVINGTON/CINCI, KY - Destination: 4G4, North Lima, OH - Flight plan: IFR ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 71; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 1,220 total, 796 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright - Observed at: YNG ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20051221032399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051221032399A), Dec 21, 2005: Cessna T210M, Youngstown, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) While trying to land at 4G4 pilot had ice on windshield, tried to look out pilots side window to land, aircraft landed left of the runway in the snow,… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.