- Date
- October 21, 1994, 02:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Higginsville, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N616WBCessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941021038409A
- Case key
- 9781
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Probable cause
A coyote (animal) that ran onto the runway as the airplane was landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was making a night landing, when a coyote ran onto the runway and contacted the airplane, resulting in substantial damage.
Factual narrative
On October 21, 1994, at 0200 central daylight time, a Cessna 210L, N616WB, operated by Arkansas Blue Skies, Inc., collided with a coyote on landing at the Higginsville Airport, Higginsville, Missouri. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and it is unknown if a flight plan was filed. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight departed from Springdale, Arkansas, exact time unknown.
A completed NTSB Form 6120.1/2, Pilot/Operator Accident Report Form has not been received by this NTSB office as of the date of this report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N616WB
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060205
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arkansas Blue Skies, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ASG · Springdale, AR
- Destination
- HIG
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- HIG · Higginsville
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.