- Date
- January 28, 2017, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59196Cessna 210
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20170128016129A
- Case key
- 94673
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing and runway excursion.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during the landing flare in gusting wind conditions, as he "expected" to touch down, he reduced engine power. The airplane ballooned, followed by a hard landing and a bounce. During a subsequent second bounce, the nose gear collapsed. The airplane then veered left, exited the runway, and came to a stop nose down. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot landed on runway 23, and the reported the wind was 260° at 11 knots, gusting to 17 knots.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the landing flare in gusting wind conditions, as he "expected" to touch down he reduced engine power. He further reported that the airplane ballooned, followed by a hard landing and a bounce. During a subsequent second bounce, the nose gear collapsed. The airplane then veered left, exited the runway, and came to a stop nose down. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot reported there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot landed runway 23, and reported the wind as 260° at 11 knots, gusting to 17 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59196
- Reported as
- Cessna 210 (L)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21060155
- Built
- 1974
- Airframe hours
- 4,199
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO 520 L7, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 21, 2016
- Departed
- CRW · Charleston, WV
- Destination
- CRW · Charleston, WV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CRW · Yeager, runway 23, 6,802 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, Onboard weather
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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 27, 2016
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,169 total · 347 in this make and model · 1,169 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 16 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.73 inHg
- Observed at
- KCRW
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 22, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 MB in all.
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 N59196 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.