- Date
- September 2, 1996, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6614YCessna T210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960902033349A
- Case key
- 28105
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Probable cause
the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed, and his failure to attain a proper touchdown point, during the landing. Factors related to the accident were: dusk light conditions, and a tailwind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot completed touch-and-go landings at one airport, then flew to another local airport within 5 miles. After entering the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, the pilot observed a windsock indicating calm winds. He configured the airplane for a short field landing with 30 degrees of flaps, and used an approach airspeed of 75 knots. The pilot stated the airplane touchdown long, but he felt he could still stop the airplane on the remaining runway. Also, he said he used heavy braking, but the airplane went off the runway, crossed a state road, and came to rest in a ditch. After exiting the airplane, the pilot observed that the windsock indicated a direct tailwind for his landing runway.
Factual narrative
On September 2, 1996, approximately 1940 eastern daylight time, a Cessna T-210N, N6614Y, was substantially damaged when it went off the end of the runway and impacted an embankment during landing roll at the Weltzien Skypark Airport, Wadsworth, Ohio. The certificated private pilot/owner was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed. No flight plan was filed and the flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot was on a proficiency flight and departed the Wadsworth Municipal Airport, Wadsworth, Ohio, approximately 1900. The pilot stated that he completed touch and go landings on runway 20 at Wadsworth Municipal, and then flew to Weltzien Skypark Airport, which was less than 5 miles away. On his downwind leg for runway 21, the pilot observed the windsock to indicate calm winds, and he configured the airplane for a short field landing. With 30 degrees of flaps set, and 75 knots airspeed indicated, the pilot touched down long. The pilot stated that he thought he could stop the airplane on the runway; however, after heavy braking, the airplane went off the end of the runway, crossed a state road, and came to a stop in a ditch.
The Canton Regional Airport, Akron, Ohio, 18 miles east southeast of the Weltzien Skypark Airport, reported winds at 1951, to be from 020 degrees at 4 knots.
The pilot stated that when he exited the airplane, he noticed that the windsock indicated a tailwind for Runway 21.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6614Y
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064460
- Airframe hours
- 2,889
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Donahue
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1996 · 180 hours before
- Departed
- 3G3 · OH
- Destination
- 15G · OH
- Airport
- 15G · Weltzien Skypark, runway 21, 2,350 × 40 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,297 total · 176 in this make and model · 2,210 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KCA, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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