# NTSB LAX02LA238: Cessna T210F, N6776R, Willits, CA, July 27, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 27, 2002, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC) - Place: Willits, CA - Coordinates: 39.071109, -123.372222 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0711&lon=-123.3722&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 29, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 55316 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX02LA238 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55316/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55316 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA238 ## Probable cause the student pilot's misjudged, distance, and speed, and failure to attain the proper touchdown point. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - flare/touchdown - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - proper touchdown point - not obtained, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, landing - roll - terrain condition - drop-off/descending embankment ## Analysis The airplane overran the runway and nosed over during the landing roll. During approach, the airplane was high, and the airspeed was faster than normal. It landed long, touching down about 90 miles per hour. The airplane touched down about three quarters down the runway, and the pilot applied brake pressure. The airplane departed the end of the runway and continued down a 30- to 40- foot embankment. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, with the nose facing 160 degrees. The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Factual narrative On July 27, 2002, about 1130 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna T210F, N6776R, overran the runway and nosed over during the landing roll at Ells Field-Willits Municipal Airport (O28), Willits, California. The owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal cross-country flight departed Petaluma Municipal Airport, Petaluma, California, about 1030, with planned stops at O28 and Lampson Field Airport, Lakeport California. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a visual flight rules flight plan had been filed. In a written statement, the pilot reported that he was on the first leg of a three-part solo cross-country flight in an effort to fulfill certificate requirements for a private pilot's license. While on approach to runway 34, the airplane was high and the airspeed was faster than normal. The pilot attempted to increase the airplane's decent angle and reduce airspeed by adding 40 degrees of flaps. The airplane touched down about 90 miles per hour, contacting the asphalt a little over 1/3 down the runway. The airplane bounced twice, and he added power to cushion the second bounce. The airplane touched down again, about ¾ down the runway, and the pilot applied brake pressure. The airplane began to skid; he released the brakes, and then reapplied them. He departed the end of the runway and continued down a 30- to 40- foot embankment. The airplane bounced and came to rest inverted, with the nose facing 160 degrees. The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6776R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6776R-2018-03-08), registration cancelled 2018-03-08, S/N T210-0176 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna T210F - Registry model: [Cessna T210F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (registry code 2073422) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: T210F-0176 - Airframe hours: 1976 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520C 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Brian P. Kenville - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 17, 2002, 60 hours before - Departed: O69, Petaluma, CA - Destination: O28, Willits, CA - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: O28, Ells Field-Willits Municipal A, runway 34, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 45; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 111 total, 44 in this make and model, 40 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 95 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 29.82 inHg - Observed at: KUKI, 21 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 20020727018649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020727018649A), Jul 27, 2002: Cessna T210F, Willits, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot landed N6776R long (touch down on the last third) on runway 34 at Willits, CA (O28) and slid off the end of the runway. The aircraft slid over… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 27, 2004, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55316. 547 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 547 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40463896&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.