# NTSB MIA96TA112: Cessna 210, N2306D, Lakeland, FL, March 29, 1996 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report - Date: March 29, 1996, 10:37 local (15:37 UTC) - Place: Lakeland, FL - Coordinates: 27.97929, -82.009506 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9793&lon=-82.0095&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 6, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38098 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA96TA112 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38098/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96TA112 ## Probable cause the pilot's improper flare on landing, and his improper use of flight controls on landing rollout. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause) - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll ## Analysis The pilot stated he made an uneventful full flap approach and touchdown. The airplane continued down the runway and yawed abruptly to the left. Right rudder was applied with negative results. The airplane went off the left side of the runway, pitched up on its nose and came to rest on the main landing gear. Examination of the nose gear steering revealed no evidence of a precrash failure or malfunction. Examination of the runway revealed the airplane touched down nose gear first with a severe side load, followed by the left main landing gear, and then the right main landing gear. The airplane traveled another 100 feet before departing the runway. ## Factual narrative On March 29, 1996, about 1037 eastern standard time, a Cessna 210, N2306D, registered to a private owner, operated by the U.S. Customs Service, on a public-use patrol flight, crashed on landing at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, Lakeland, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an agency flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The airline transport pilot-in-command and airline transport-rated copilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Jacksonville, Florida, about 47 minutes before the accident. The accident was initially classified as an incident and was upgraded to an accident on April 10, 1996. The pilot stated he made an uneventful full flap approach and touch down to the runway. The airplane continued down the runway and yawed abruptly to the left. Right rudder was applied with negative results. The airplane went off the left side of the runway, pitched up on its nose, and came to rest on the main landing gear. Examination of the nose gear steering revealed no evidence of a precrash mechanical failure or malfunction. Examination of tire marks by the U.S. Customs Safety Officer on runway 27 revealed N2306D touched down on the runway nose first about 1,000 feet from the approach end of the runway followed by the left main landing gear about 50 feet later. The distance between the nose wheel tire marks and the left main tire mark demonstrates that there was a severe side load imposed on the nose gear (18 inches between tire marks versus the normal 4 feet 4 inches between tires). Fifty feet later the right main tire mark begins and it is about 4 feet in distance from the nose wheel mark. The tire marks show that the aircraft traveled another 100 feet (1,200 feet from the approach end) on all three tires before departing the runway on an approximate 240-degree heading. (For additional information see U. S. Customs Safety Officer Statement.) ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2306D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2306D), registered now, S/N 21063828, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 210 - Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21063828 - Airframe hours: 4342 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 91 - Operator: U.S. Customs Service - Registered owner: B. K. Paulson - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, February 9, 1996, 95 hours before - Departed: NIP, JACKSONVILLE, FL - Destination: LAL, FL - Flight plan: Company VFR - Airport: LAL, Lakeland Linder Regional, runway 27, 8,500 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 44; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 6,753 total, 126 in this make and model, 3,825 as pilot in command, 45 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 230° at 5 knots - Visibility: 12 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 1,400 ft broken - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: LAL ## 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 19960329019759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960329019759A), Mar 29, 1996: Cessna T210N, Lakeland, FL, Substantial damage. Crabbed hard nose wheel first landing. Lost control veered off runway. No mechanical anomalies. Us customs plane. 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.