- Date
- December 30, 1987, 22:15 local (Dec 31, 1987, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- East Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1802ZCessna 210-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871230071929A
- Case key
- 14028
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft was landed at night on runway 9 which is 2530' in length with a 600' displaced threshold. This runway was ice covered and winds were recorded 25 minutes before the accident at a reporting facility 5 nautical miles west of the accident site as 160 degrees at 18 knots. The aircraft was unable to stop on the runway, exited the departure end, ran across a road, and ran into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1802Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 210-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2050002
- Engine
- Continental IO-470S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael D. Austin
- Registered owner
- Michael D Austin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 09G · Mason, MI
- Destination
- 2D8 · East Lansing, MI
- Airport
- 2D8 · East Lansing, runway 9, 2,530 × 180 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 367 total · 270 in this make and model · 325 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAN, 5 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.