- Date
- July 1, 1990, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kiowa, KS
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1273MCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900701023409A
- Case key
- 34886
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff.
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
Immediately after liftoff the airplane drifted left and struck an embankment. The flaps were at takeoff. No discrepancies were found in the flight controls. Fuel was found in the engine fuel distribution valve. There was no water in this fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1273M
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kiowa Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- KCI · Kansas City, MO
- Airport
- 34K · Kiowa, runway 36, 2,200 × ft
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ITC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.