- Date
- May 31, 1999, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain View, AR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9483MCessna 210K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990531045639A
- Case key
- 46428
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control during the landing flare/touchdown. Factors were the pilot's delay in aborting the landing and the fence post.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an aborted landing, the right wing of the airplane contacted a wooden fence post located on the airport boundary, approximately 50 feet to the right of the midpoint of the runway. According to the pilot, the airplane touched down 'a little early' and the aircraft 'bounced.' The aircraft then began to drift to the right side of the runway. The pilot attempted to correct for the drift by adding left rudder; however, the aircraft did not respond to rudder input and continued to drift. The pilot aborted the landing by adding full power. After flying the traffic pattern, he made an 'uneventful' landing and then discovered the damage to the right wing.
Factual narrative
On May 31, 1999, at 1800 central daylight time, a Cessna 210K single-engine airplane, N9483M, sustained substantial damage during an aborted landing at the Mountain View Wilcox Memorial Field Airport, Mountain View, Arkansas. The instrument rated private pilot and his 4 passengers were not injured. The airplane was owned by a private individual and operated by Hargus and Massey Aviation, Inc., of Russellville, Arkansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the accident site, and an IFR flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal cross-country flight.
During a telephone interview and on the Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2), the instrument rated private pilot reported that he cancelled the IFR flight plan before initiating a straight-in approach to runway 27 at the Mountain View Wilcox Memorial Field Airport. During the landing on the 4,502 foot asphalt runway, the airplane touched down "a little early, bounced," and began to drift to the right. The private pilot added left rudder in an attempt to stop the drift; however, the aircraft did not respond to the rudder input and continued to drift to the right. He then aborted the landing by adding full power. After flying the traffic pattern, he made an "uneventful" landing.
The pilot further reported that after landing he observed that the right wing tip had been damaged. He then "realized that the right wing tip had contacted an old wooden fence post" during the aborted landing. The fence post was located on the airport boundary, approximately 50 to the right of the midpoint of the runway.
Examination of the aircraft by the FAA inspector revealed structural damage to the right wing spar. Flight control continuity was confirmed.
The 36-year-old private pilot had accumulated a total of 213 flight hours, of which 120 were in the same make and model as the accident aircraft.
The private pilot reported that the wind at the time of the accident was from 180 degrees at 5 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9483M
- Reported as
- Cessna 210K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059383
- Airframe hours
- 3,800
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-J, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hargus & Massey Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Virgil R. Massey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1999 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- TYS · Knoxville, TN
- Destination
- 7M2
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 7M2 · Wilcox Memorial Field, runway 27, 4,502 × 50 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 213 total · 120 in this make and model · 155 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.