- Date
- February 8, 2000, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4946UCessna 210E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000208041169A
- Case key
- 48586
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Probable cause
the pilot's attempt to go-around with inadequate altitude and airspeed available, resulting in a power demand that exceeded the capability of the aircraft. The fully extended gear and flaps were factors in this accident.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land when the aircraft began drifting to the right. He added full power to go-around but when he realized that he was unable to gain altitude, he switched the fuel selector off and turned off the master switch. The aircraft struck a berm located about 1,000 feet east of the runway and 1,000 feet north of the runway threshold and slid another 250 feet. The aircraft was found with the gear extended and full flaps. Winds were variable at 3 knots.
Factual narrative
On February 8, 2000, at 1600 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna 210E, N4946U, landed off the runway at the Glendale Municipal Airport, Glendale, Arizona. The airplane sustained substantial damage. Two passengers received minor injuries while the certificated private pilot was uninjured. Tyrell-Marxen Chevy, Olds, Cadillac, Inc., was operating the aircraft as a personal flight under 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The flight originated in Flagstaff, Arizona, about 1500. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed.
According to the pilot, he was attempting to land on runway 01 when the aircraft began drifting to the right. He added full power to go-around but when he realized that he was unable to gain altitude, he switched the fuel selector off and turned off the master switch. The aircraft struck a berm located about 1,000 feet east of the runway and 1,000 feet north of the runway threshold and slid another 250 feet. The aircraft was found with the gear extended and full flaps. Winds were variable at 3 knots.
The pilot received his private pilot certificate on August 31, 1999. He had flown the accident aircraft a total of 41.3 hours at the time of the accident. He had logged a total of 126.4 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4946U
- Reported as
- Cessna 210E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058646
- Airframe hours
- 2,150
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A5, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tyrell-Marxen Chevy, Olds, Cad
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 18, 1999 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- FLG · Flagstaff, AZ
- Destination
- GEU
- Airport
- GEU · Glendale Municipal, runway 1, 5,350 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 126 total · 41 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GEU
FAA reports on this event · 1
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