# NTSB FTW82DA081: Cessna P210N, N731EZ, Deleon, TX, March 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: March 3, 1982, 18:30 local (Mar 4, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Deleon, TX
- Coordinates: 32.110515, -98.529861 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1105&lon=-98.5299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Completed, report March 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70449
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70449/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA081

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailable
  - airport facilities,runway end ident lights(reil) - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - object - electrical tower (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, takeoff
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - object (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731EZ-2011-10-21), registration cancelled 2011-10-21, S/N P21000449, 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: P21000449
- Airframe hours: 708
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820303026709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820303026709A), Mar 3, 1982: Cessna P210N, De Leon, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot initiated go around too late and aircraft hit fence at end of runway.

## Other investigations on N731EZ (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA85LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA058), Feb 17, 1985: Cessna P210 (N731EZ), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage

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.

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