# NTSB ERA10CA274: Cessna T210N, N110KM, Fuquay-Varina, NC, April 28, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: April 28, 2010, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Fuquay-Varina, NC - Coordinates: 35.539722, -78.741943 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5397&lon=-78.7419&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 20, 2010 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: Greensboro FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 76065 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10CA274 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76065/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76065 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA274 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper decision to land with a tailwind resulting in an overrun. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T210N, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2073456), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation; cases with it: [Cessna T210N, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=2073456), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T210N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2073456), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna T210N, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073456), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that as he turned the airplane onto final for runway 14, the winds shifted from a crosswind to a tailwind. At touchdown, there were 1,800 feet remaining of the 2,780-foot runway. The airplane skidded on the grass, overran the runway end, and collided with a shallow ditch. The nearest weather reporting station, 10 nautical miles away, reported that at the time of the accident, winds were variable at 9 knots, gusting to 12 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical or flight control anomalies. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the fuselage was buckled, and no flight control anomalies were noted during the examination ## Factual narrative The pilot stated that as he turned the airplane onto final for runway 14, the winds shifted from a crosswind to a tailwind. At touchdown, there were 1,800 feet remaining of the 2,780-foot runway. The airplane skidded on the grass, overran the runway end, and collided with a shallow ditch. The nearest weather reporting station, 10 nautical miles away, reported that at the time of the accident, winds were variable at 9 knots, gusting to 12 knots. The pilot did not report any mechanical or flight control anomalies. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the fuselage was buckled, and no flight control anomalies were noted during the examination. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N110KM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N110KM), registered now, S/N 21064800, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N - Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21064800 - Airframe hours: 3792 - Engines: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Winfield Scott Tanner - Registered owner: CARSPlanes and Land LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 12, 2010, 50 hours before - Departed: W03, Wilson, NC - Destination: 78NC, Fuquay/Varina, NC - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: 78NC, Fuquay-Angier Field, runway 14, 2,780 × 90 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 28, 2009; seat: left; flight hours: 4,779 total, 100 in this make and model, 4,779 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 9 knots, gusting 12 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 29.87 inHg - Observed at: HRJ ## 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 20100428036619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100428036619A), Apr 28, 2010: Cessna T210N, Angier, NC, Substantial damage. Landing heavy on a grass strip with a cross wind and shered to a tail wind and pilot could not stop the aircraft and ran off the end of the runway. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 21, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76065. 291 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 243 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40332065&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Reports from Federal Agencies-Record of Conversation CA274 (item 2, .PDF, 48 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40332066&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Reports%20from%20Federal%20Agencies-Record%20of%20Conversation%20CA274-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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