# NTSB CHI83LA202: Cessna P210N, N734NX, Lansing, MI, May 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 6, 1983, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Lansing, MI
- Coordinates: 42.775155, -84.590464 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7752&lon=-84.5905&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12165
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA202
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12165/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA202

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT OVERRAN THE RWY AND SLID ON WET GRASS INTO A DITCH. THE RWY WAS 2432 FT LONG AND THE WIND WAS FROM 180 DEGREES AT 12 KTS GUSTING TO 29 KTS. THE PLT SAID THAT JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE AIRSPEED SEEMED TO INCREASE AND THE ACFT FLOATED FARTHER DOWN THE RWY THAN USUAL. NO ACFT PROBLEMS OR MALFUNCTIONS WERE REPORTED. THE PLT SAID A GO-AROUND WAS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE HIS AIRSPEED WAS TOO LOW.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N734NX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P210-00608
- Airframe hours: 280
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-P 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Registered owner: Raymond C. Knittle
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1983
- Departed: MTO, MATTOON, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 3HA, Lansing Muni, runway 9, 2,432 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,341 total, 43 in this make and model, 1,054 as pilot in command, 129 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 12 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DPA, 45 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 19830506018049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830506018049A), May 6, 1983: Cessna P210N, Lansing, IL, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast on a wet grass runway. Slid off the departure end into a ditch.

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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