# NTSB LAX97LA043: Cessna T210L, N911JB, Mesa, AZ, November 16, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1996, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.430175, -111.710151 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4302&lon=-111.7102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1997
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 29686
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX97LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29686/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA043

## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport sign/marker
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during touchdown, the aircraft began to pull strongly to the left. He was unable to maintain directional control, and the aircraft veered off the runway and collided with a runway sign and a drainage ditch between the runways. The aircraft was examined by an FAA airworthiness inspector, who reported that no discrepancies were noted.

## Factual narrative

On November 16, 1996, at 1300 hours mountain standard time, a Cessna T210L, N911JB, veered off the runway and collided with ground obstructions during landing on runway 22R at Mesa, Arizona.  Owned and operated by the pilot, the aircraft was completing a cross-country personal flight from Prescott, Arizona, to Mesa at the time.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed.  The private pilot and five passengers were not injured.  The flight originated at Prescott on the day of the accident at 1140.

In his written statement, the pilot reported that during touchdown the aircraft began to pull strongly to the left.  He was unable to maintain directional control and the aircraft veered off the runway and collided with a runway sign and a drainage ditch between the runways.

The aircraft was examined by an FAA airworthiness inspector from the Scottsdale, Arizona, Flight Standards District Office, who reported that no discrepancies were noted.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N911JB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N911JB-2009-12-14), registration cancelled 2009-12-14, S/N 21060893, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060893
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Andrew J. Werner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PRC, PRESCOTT, AZ
- Destination: FFZ
- Airport: FFZ, Mesa Falcon Field, runway 22R, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 135 total, 60 in this make and model, 93 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19961116039499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961116039499A), Nov 16, 1996: Cessna T210L, Mesa, AZ, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing roll. Veered off runway.

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.

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