- Date
- September 2, 1998, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mcallen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- XARIMCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 43847
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind resulting in a loss of control. A factor was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll on runway 31 with a right crosswind, the commercial pilot lost control of the airplane, and it exited the right side of the runway. The pilot turned the airplane to parallel the runway and attempted to stop; however, he was unable to stop before the nose wheel impacted the embankment at the edge of intersecting runway 18/36. The nose landing gear separated from the airplane, and the airplane nosed down, slid across runway 18/36 and came to rest in the grass. According to the pilot, the wind was from 010 degrees at 7 knots gusting to 15 knots. At 1553, the reported winds at the airport were from 020 degrees at 11 knots.
Factual narrative
On September 2, 1998, at 1530 central daylight time, a Cessna T210M airplane, Mexican registration XA-RIM, was substantially damaged when it impacted an embankment and nosed down during the landing roll at the McAllen Miller International Airport in McAllen, Texas. The airplane was owned and operated by Milenium Air Servicios of Guadalajara, Mexico. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight from Reynosa, Mexico, to McAllen.
According to the pilot's written statement, following the touchdown on runway 31, a "heavy crosswind" made him "lose control," and the airplane exited the right side of the runway. He turned the airplane to parallel the runway and attempted to stop; however, he was unable to stop before the nose wheel impacted the embankment at the edge of intersecting runway 18/36. The nose landing gear separated from the airplane, and the airplane nosed down, slid across runway 18/36 and came to rest in the grass.
According to the pilot, the wind was from 010 degrees at 7 knots gusting to 15 knots. At 1553, the reported winds at the airport were from 020 degrees at 11 knots.
A mechanic employed by McCreery Aviation Company, a fixed-base operator (FBO) on the airport, examined the airplane and reported that the firewall, propeller, engine, and nose landing gear were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XARIM
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210-63311
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-Z, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Milenium Air Servicios
- Departed
- MMRX · Reynosa
- Destination
- MFE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MFE · Mcallen Miller Intl., runway 31, 7,108 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 60 in this make and model · 646 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFE