- Date
- August 4, 1985, 13:09 local (17:09 UTC)
- Place
- Melbourne, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4744CCessna 210N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850804040499A
- Case key
- 31438
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Act swerved left after landing and crashed at drainage ditc h appx 50 ft north of rwy. The pilot stated he was unable to effect a timely recovery from the left swerve and that 'a more consistent training effort could sharpen my reactions to this sort of unexpected event.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4744C
- Reported as
- Cessna 210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063609
- Airframe hours
- 12,332
- Engine
- Continental IO 520 SERIES, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clarence H.Stewart
- Registered owner
- William Wacker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 2, 1985 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- SAV · Savannah, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MLB · Melbourne Regional, runway 9R, 9,481 × 150 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 628 total · 174 in this make and model · 555 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLNQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.