# NTSB CHI94LA065: Cessna 210M, N761AG, Festus, MO, December 19, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 19, 1993, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Festus, MO
- Coordinates: 38.220062, -90.400215 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2201&lon=-90.4002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 20, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 9454
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9454/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA065

## Probable cause

IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ICY RUNWAY, CROSSWIND AND SNOWBANK.

## 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
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LOCAL WINDS WERE FROM 090 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS.  THE LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 36, WHICH ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WAS ICE COVERED.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, WHERE IT HIT A SNOWBANK AND THE NOSE GEARS COLLAPSED.

## Factual narrative

On January 19, 1994, at 1500 central standard time, a Cessna 210M, N761AG, registered to Daris Almond, collided with a snowbank during a landing roll on Runway 36 at the Festus Memorial Airport, Festus, Missouri, while on a personal flight.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured.  The flight originated from Jefferson, Missouri,on January 19, 1994, at 1430 cst.

The pilot stated the local winds at the Festus Memorial Airport were from 090 degrees at 20 knots so he landed with the right wing down and left rudder.  He stated that when the right main gear touched the runway, he felt the airplane "being pushed" to the left on the icy runway.  The airplane continued to the left side of the runway where the left main gear contacted a snowbank.  According to the pilot, the airplane turned sharply to the left and the nose gear also collapsed after hitting the snowbank.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N761AG](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N761AG), registered now, S/N 21062097, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Registry model: [Cessna 210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (registry code 2073450) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21062097
- Airframe hours: 1282
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L3A 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Daris C. Almond
- Registered owner: Daris C. Almond
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 27, 1993, 39 hours before
- Departed: JEF, JEFFERSON, MO
- Destination: FES
- Airport: FES, Festus Memorial, runway 36, 2,202 × 49 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 12 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CP, 25 nm away

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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