- Date
- March 3, 1982, 18:30 local (Mar 4, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Deleon, TX
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N731EZCessna P210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820303026709A
- Case key
- 70449
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he entered a left traffic pattern for landing on runway 15 at dusk. He was unable to see a 400 ft tv tower located in the vicinity of the base leg. Therefore, he kept his base leg closer in and higher than normal. He reported that during the landing flare, the indicated airspeed appeared normal, but the ground speed seemed higher than normal, possibly due to a wind shift. The aircraft touched down approximately 800 to 1000 ft past the approach end of the runway. A go-around was initiated, but the landing gear struck a fence near the departure end. The plane then hit a second fence, a cultivator, and a third fence before sliding over two terraces to a stop. The tv tower was not lighted due to lack of maintenance of the obstruction lights. The runway was not lighted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N731EZ
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000449
- Airframe hours
- 708
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Sundance Energy Corporation
- Registered owner
- Sundance Energy Corporation
- Departed
- ALI · Alice, TX
- Destination
- 047 · Deleon, TX
- Airport
- Deleon Municipal, runway 15, 2,400 × 20 ft, macadam
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 848 total · 385 in this make and model · 708 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N731EZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.