# NTSB CHI88LA038: Cessna 210-5, N1802Z, East Lansing, MI, December 31, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 30, 1987, 22:15 local (Dec 31, 1987, 03:15 UTC)
- Place: East Lansing, MI
- Coordinates: 42.759498, -84.459785 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7595&lon=-84.4598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14028
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14028/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA038

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1802Z), registered now, S/N 205-0002, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (registry code 2073404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2050002
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871230071929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871230071929A), Dec 30, 1987: Cessna 2105, East Lansing, MI, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on ice covered runway. Exited departure end of runway. Crossed a road and ran 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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