- Date
- May 13, 1985, 16:36 local (21:36 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3835YCessna 210D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850513020299A
- Case key
- 21750
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt touched down long on rwy 17 with 30 degs of flaps, apparently goind downwind. He attempted a go-around, drifted to the right and the left main gear hit a large boulder separating the gear from the acft. The plt then flew to another nearby arpt and landed on rwy 35 with a 050 deg wind of 6 KTS. The acft rolled/slid to a stop on its right main, nose gear and left wing tip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3835Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058335
- Airframe hours
- 2,318
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John C. Ketzler
- Registered owner
- Kam Security And Sound Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 22, 1985 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- MRF · Austin, TX
- Airport
- AUS · Robert Mueller, runway 35, 5,006 × 150 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 30 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS
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 N3835Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.