# NTSB CHI83FA007: Cessna T210L, N2546S, Lansing, IL, October 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1982, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, IL
- Coordinates: 41.559852, -87.540756 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5599&lon=-87.5408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71360
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83FA007
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71360/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA007

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT CUT SHORT A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT BECAUSE OF WEATHER, AND DURING A DOWN-WIND LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN RUNWAY 36. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED FAST ABOUT 1600 FT DOWN THE 2500 FOOT RUNWAY, WENT OFF THE END AND RAN INTO A DEEP DITCH. THE WIND WAS FROM 180 DEGREES AT 8 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2546S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2546S-1998-10-14), registration cancelled 1998-10-14, S/N 21061325 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061325
- Airframe hours: 1300
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-H-4A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Pyramid Transportation Company
- Registered owner: Pyramid Transportation Company
- Departed: 3HA, LANSING, IL
- Airport: 3HA, Lansing, runway 36, 2,500 × 77 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 166 total, 94 in this make and model, 113 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 176 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDW, 14 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 19821005051129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821005051129A), Oct 5, 1982: Cessna 210L, Lansing, IL, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on last third of runway. Ran off end of the runway into a ditch.

## Other investigations on N2546S (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 CHI98FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FA099), Mar 5, 1998: Cessna T210L (N2546S), Orleans, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's attempted VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his subsequent failure to maintain clearance with trees. Contributing factors were the pilot's impairment from…

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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