- Date
- October 27, 1995, 12:19 local (17:19 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6115RCessna T210F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19951027034909A
- Case key
- 19701
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to secure a cellular telephone which jammed the rudder pedals.
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 pilot reported that during the landing roll his cellular telephone 'bounced' off the seat and 'jammed' the rudder pedals. At approximately midfield the aircraft veered off the runway and the right wing strut struck a VASI control box.
Factual narrative
On October 27, 1995, at 1219 central daylight time, a Cessna T210F, N6115R, registered to and operated by a private owner as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, was substantially damage following a loss of control during landing roll at Richard Lloyd Jones Airport, near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The private pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Shawnee, Oklahoma.
The pilot reported to a FAA inspector that, during the landing roll on runway 01R, his cellular telephone "bounced" off the seat and "jammed" the rudder pedals. Approximately mid field the aircraft veered off the runway and the right wing strut struck a VASI control box.
Examination of the aircraft by the FAA inspector revealed structural damage to the fuselage inner structure at the attaching point of the right wing strut. The right wing sustained damage to stringers and ribs near the strut attaching point.
Attempts to obtain a completed Pilot Operator Report, NTSB Form 6120.1/2, were unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6115R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T210-0015
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lee M. Hilka
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SNL · Shawnee, OK
- Destination
- RVS
- Airport
- RVS · Richard Lloyd Jones, runway 1R, 4,207 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RVS
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 N6115R · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.