- Date
- August 10, 1992, 19:05 local (Aug 11, 1992, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Palestine, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N79MMCessna T-210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920810030299A
- Case key
- 18552
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Probable cause
The pilot's disregard of the checklist and the resulting inadvertent stall mush during takeoff.
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
The airplane taxied out from the ramp onto the runway and initiated a takeoff without clearing or doing a run up, causing another airplane back taxiing down the runway to exit onto the grass. The displaced pilot stated that the accident pilot was putting on his shoulder harness as he went by. Pilot witnesses stated that the takeoff was initiated with the flaps extended in excess of 20 degrees and that after liftoff the airplane mushed back into the ground. The airplane impacted 78 feet beyond the end of the runway in a tail low attitude with the gear up and the flaps retracted to about 7.5 degrees extension.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79MM
- Reported as
- Cessna T-210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- King Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Registered owner
- King Aircraft Sales, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PSN
- Destination
- PSN
- Airport
- PSN · Municipal, runway 26, 4,000 × 75 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 50 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 70 °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.