- Date
- December 6, 1986, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lawton, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N999WFCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861206086419A
- Case key
- 13564
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt experienced a loss of control shortly after takeoff which resulted in an uncontrolled descent. The acft struck the ground with its left wingtip causing it to flip over onto its side. The plt reported that the auto-plt had been worked on after having experienced auto-plt runaways during previous flts. The auto-plt was bench tested after this accident and it functioned normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N999WF
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061032
- Airframe hours
- 2,185
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520 H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger D. Beyer
- Registered owner
- Beyer Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 4, 1986 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- CORN · Lawton, MI
- Airport
- Cornish, runway 18, 2,200 × 95 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 746 total · 36 in this make and model · 746 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AZO, 15 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.