# NTSB MIA84LA266: Cessna 210N, N5410C, Orlando, FL, September 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 27, 1984, 19:18 local (23:18 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA266
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31202/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA266

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - attempted, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - climb - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

AFTER ENCOUNTERING MOD TURBULENCE AND STRONG WINDS ON FINAL APPROACH, WITH REPORTED SURFACE WINDS OF 25 KTS GUSTING TO 34 KTS, THE PLT ELECTED TO CONTINUE LANDING. DURING FLARE, GUSTING WINDS EXCEEDED ACFT PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY. PLT ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND BUT WAS UNABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE GROUND CONTACT IN UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5410C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5410C-2014-10-27), registration cancelled 2014-10-27, S/N 21063743, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Registry model: [Cessna 210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (registry code 2073453) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental FSO-526 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-fso-526-series) (registry code 17030, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210-63743
- Airframe hours: 2790
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 270 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Tampa Airways
- Registered owner: Larry Lowe
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1984, 33 hours before
- Departed: SPG, ST.PETERSBURG, FL
- Destination: ORL, ORLANDO, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ORL, Orlando Executive, runway 7, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,330 total, 380 in this make and model, 1,260 as pilot in command, 190 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Dawn
- Wind: 60° at 21 knots, gusting 34
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft broken
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORL

## 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 19840927051659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840927051659A), Sep 27, 1984: Cessna 210N, Orlando, FL, Destroyed. Gusty winds picked up left wing just before touchdown, go around, impacted ground offside of 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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