# NTSB ERA10CA276: Cessna P210N, N234JK, Cambridge, NY, May 21, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 21, 2010, 13:24 local (17:24 UTC) - Place: Cambridge, NY - Coordinates: 43.049999, -73.366111 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0500&lon=-73.3661&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 12, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 76070 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA10CA276 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76070/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76070 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA276 ## Probable cause The pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that he and his passenger were practicing short-field landings at multiple airports. After completing a full stop, he taxied back to the runway and configured the airplane for a short-field takeoff. About 500 feet into the takeoff roll, the airplane became airborne with a high angle of attack. The pilot added full power and the airplane abruptly yawed to the left. The pilot corrected with coordinated rudder and aileron. As the airplane accelerated in ground effect, the right main gear touched down in a recently plowed field adjacent to the runway. The airplane bounced three times and the pilot aborted the takeoff, touching down in the field. The nose gear separated on contact, resulting in the airplane nosing over and coming to rest inverted. The empennage and wings of the airplane incurred substantial damage. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical abnormalities with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Factual narrative The pilot stated that he and his passenger were conducting a local flight to practice short field landings at multiple airports. After completing a full stop and taxi back on Runway 25, the pilot configured the airplane for a short field takeoff. About 500 feet into the takeoff roll, the airplane became airborne with a high angle of attack. The pilot added full power, which the airplane abruptly yawed to the left. The pilot corrected with coordinated rudder and aileron. As the airplane accelerated in ground effect, the right main gear touched down in a recently plowed field adjacent to the runway. The airplane “skipped” three times on this surface; the pilot aborted the takeoff and touched down in the field. The nose gear separated on contact, causing the airplane to flip and came to rest inverted. The empennage and wings of the airplane incurred substantial damage. The 1254, about 30 minute prior to the accident, Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) at the William H. Morse State Airport, Bennington, Vermont, located 11 nautical miles to the southeast of the accident airport, reported winds for the area were variable at four knots, with clear skies and unrestricted visibility. The pilot did not report any mechanical abnormalities with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N234JK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234JK-2011-11-28), registration cancelled 2011-11-28, S/N P210-00177, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N - Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: P210-00177 - Airframe hours: 3182 - Engines: Rolls-Royce 250-B17F 450 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Kinderhook Aviation LLC - Registered owner: Kinderhook Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 15, 2009, 70 hours before - Departed: DDH, Bennington, VT - Destination: 1B8, Cambridge, NY - Airport: 1B8, Chapin Field Airport, runway 23, 2,130 × 65 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review May 17, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 373 total, 61 in this make and model, 277 as pilot in command, 68 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Flight instructor; age 49; injuries: none; airline transport, military, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 17, 2010; seat: right; flight hours: 14,000 total, 11 in this make and model, 13,000 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 30 °F - Altimeter: 29.76 inHg - Observed at: DDH, 11 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20100521005919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100521005919A), May 21, 2010: Cessna P210N, Cambridge, NY, Substantial damage. On 05/21/2010, the albany FSDO received notification of an aircraft accident at Chapin Field in Cambridge NY. Inspectors borrell and taylor from the albany… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 17, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76070. 1.9 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 636 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40330860&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Weather Reports and Records (item 2, .PDF, 45 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40330861&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports%20and%20Records-Master.PDF - Photo 1) View of the Wreckage. Photo Provided by the Federal Aviation Administration. (item 3, .PDF, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40330862&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201)%20View%20of%20the%20Wreckage.%20Photo%20Provided%20by%20the%20Federal%20Aviation%20Administration.-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.