- Date
- January 30, 1993, 22:25 local (Jan 31, 1993, 05:25 UTC)
- Place
- Douglas, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3980YCessna 210D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930130002469A
- Case key
- 27916
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of the wrong runway based on inaccurate wind information.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
No UNICOM services were available at the Douglas municipal airport at the time the pilot arrived in the area. He contacted fss by radio and got a neighboring airport's current winds which were from 260 degrees at 8 knots. On the basis of those winds, he selected runway 21 at Douglas municipal. The pilot said that after touchdown the aircraft ballooned slightly, then lifted again and was turned to the right; the aircraft touched down to the right of the runway in a dirt area and collided with a berm and nosed over. According to the airport manager, at the time of the accident the winds were from the south southeast at 20 knots with gusts to 30 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3980Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 210D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21058480
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas F. Griffin
- Registered owner
- Gg&M Aviatiors, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Airport
- DGL · Douglas Municipal, runway 21, 5,400 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,191 total · 61 in this make and model · 967 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N3980Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.