- Date
- January 8, 1993, 22:30 local (Jan 9, 1993, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Monte Vista, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96LLCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930108001519A
- Case key
- 18269
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Probable cause
A loss of control during landing when the aircraft struck a snowbank which was left on the runway as a result of inadequate plowing.
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.
Analysis
During a night flight, a snow plow cleaned the runway. The plowing was done off center and did not encompass the full width of the runway, thus leaving a snowbank on the runway. When the flight landed, the left main gear was in the snowbank causing the aircraft to swerve to the left. When the nose gear contacted the snowbank, the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96LL
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-60361
- Airframe hours
- 2,451
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry K. Shriver
- Registered owner
- Larry K. Shriver
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1992 · 91 hours before
- Airport
- MVI · Monte Vista Municipal, runway 2, 5,900 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,625 total · 541 in this make and model · 2,507 as pilot in command · 74 in the last 90 days · 42 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 350° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALS, 13 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.