# NTSB CHI82DA093: Cessna 210, N5252E, Grantsburg, WI, March 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 20, 1982, 08:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Grantsburg, WI
- Coordinates: 44.540843, -88.049354 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5408&lon=-88.0494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70890/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA093

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A WINDROW AND SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE OUT OF 350 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS GUSTING TO 30.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5252E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5252E-2019-12-04), registration cancelled 2019-12-04, S/N 21061875 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061875
- Airframe hours: 926
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470E 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Willard J. Schiller
- Registered owner: Willard J. Schiller
- Departed: EAUCLAIR, WI
- Destination: GRANTSBURG, WI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: GTG, Grantsburg, runway 12, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,460 total, 921 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 77 °F
- Observed at: EAU, 80 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820320004529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820320004529A), Mar 20, 1982: Cessna 210, Grantsburg, WI, Substantial damage. Landed on unplowed runway. Wheels caught a windrow. Airplane veered into a snowbank.

## Other investigations on N5252E (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA90LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA007), Oct 7, 1989: Cessna 210 (N5252E), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE PILOT, AND FUEL STARVATION, DUE TO HIS IMPROPER POSITIONING OF THE FUEL SELECTOR.

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.

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