- Date
- April 16, 1990, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6182RCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900416009059A
- Case key
- 34961
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Probable cause
Directional control was not maintained by the pilot in command.
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
While attempting to land under gusty, variable surface wind conditions, the pvt pilot lost directional control and veered off the runway. He then attempted a go-around, but the acft bounced several time, then dug a wing into the terrain and cartwheeled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6182R
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T210-0082
- Airframe hours
- 2,980
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Olsen, Loren T
- Registered owner
- Olsen, Loren T
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HSI · Hastings, NE
- Destination
- FCM
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud, runway 36, 2,694 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Military, Flight engineer, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 680 total · 60 in this make and model · 680 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FCM, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.