- Date
- October 5, 1991, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Leander, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3655YCessna 210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911005045049A
- Case key
- 18396
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Probable cause
The pilot's disregard for the hazardous weather advisories received. A factor was the weather.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A private pilot received a weather briefing from the local fss and was advised about the possibility of area thunderstorms, turbulence, high winds, and hail for his intended flight. The pilot elected to continue with his planned personal flight. While on final to a 2,200 foot runway, surrounded by 35 foot trees, the pilot experienced a downdraft, forcing the airplane into the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3655Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058155
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles W. Butler
- Registered owner
- Charles W. Butler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- AUS · Austin, TX
- Airport
- 77T · Kittie Hill, runway 35, 2,200 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 100 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 15 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 19 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.