- Date
- December 1, 1990, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marshall, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N761LZCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 14960
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Probable cause
Directional control not maintained by the PIC.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Nose over
Analysis
While attempting to land in a gusty, crosswind, the student pilot lost control during the rollout. The aircraft cartwheeled, then flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761LZ
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062353
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Vaccaro, Thomas
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- BTL · Battle Creek, MI
- Airport
- 5D8 · Brooks Field, runway 28, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
N761LZRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Cessna T210MAirframe modelCessna T210MEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- BTL, 10 nm away