# NTSB GAA17CA531: Cessna 210, N9595X, Kinsley, KS, September 12, 2017 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 12, 2017, 10:39 local (15:39 UTC) - Place: Kinsley, KS - Coordinates: 37.908889, -99.403053 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9089&lon=-99.4031&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 15, 2017 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA/ FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 95993 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA17CA531 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95993/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95993 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA531 ## Probable cause The pilot's decision to continue an unstabilized approach for landing in tailwind conditions, which resulted in a runway overrun and a nose-over. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Decision related to condition; cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Approach-VFR pattern final: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 210B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073410), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis During a telephone interview with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator-in-charge, the pilot reported that he "landed around 80 knots" and "didn't get the flaps down" before landing. He further reported that the airplane "didn't want to stop" and that it then "ran off the runway." During the runway excursion, the nosewheel collapsed, and the airplane nosed over. The fuselage, wings, and vertical stabilizer sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. An automated weather observation station located 28 nautical miles west from the accident site reported, about the time of the accident, wind from 170° at 7 knots. The landing was on runway 36. The pilot did not submit the NTSB Form 6120.1 Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report. A witness reported that he was at the airport in a hangar and noticed that the accident airplane was "high, fast, and downwind." He added that he observed the airplane overrun the runway and nose over into the grass. ## Factual narrative During a telephone interview with the NTSB investigator-in-charge, the pilot reported that, he "landed around 80 knots" and "didn't get the flaps down" before landing. He further reported that, the airplane "didn't want to stop" and it then "ran off the runway." During the runway excursion, the nose wheel collapsed, and the airplane nosed over. The fuselage, wings, and vertical stabilizer sustained substantial damage. The pilot did not report that there were any preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. An automated weather observation station, about the time of the accident, 28 nautical miles west from the accident site, reported wind from 170° at 7 knots. The landing was on runway 36. The pilot failed to submit the NTSB Form 6120.1 Pilot/ Operator Aircraft Accident/ Incident Report. A witness reported that he was at the airport in a hangar, and noticed that the accident airplane was "high, fast, and down wind." He added that he observed the airplane overrun the runway and nose over into the grass. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9595X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9595X-2019-01-08), registration cancelled 2019-01-08, S/N 21057895, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 210 (B) - Registry model: [Cessna 210B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (registry code 2073410) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21057895 - Year built: 1962 - Engines: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SERIES 250 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Destination: 33K, Kinsley, KS - Flight plan: Unknown - Airport: 33K, Kinsley Muni, runway 36, 3,290 × 56 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 87; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 7 knots - Visibility: 6 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.07 inHg - Observed at: KDDC, 28 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20170912019319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170912019319A), Sep 12, 2017: Cessna 210B, Kinsley, KS, Substantial damage. The personal flight, with the owner as the sole occupant onboard, was landing at the Kinsley airport in Kinsley, Kansas airport (33K) on September 12, 2017 at… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 9, 2017, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95993. 1.3 MB in all. - Record of Conversation (Pilot in Command) (item 1, .PDF, 60 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40457883&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20(Pilot%20in%20Command)-Master.PDF - Witness Statement (item 2, .PDF, 140 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40457884&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Witness%20Statement-Master.PDF - Accident Photos (item 3, .PDF, 498 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40457885&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photos-Master.PDF - Safety Alert SA 077 (item 4, .PDF, 628 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40471825&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Safety%20Alert%20SA%20077-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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