- Date
- March 12, 1988, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Greene, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N761BUCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880312005159A
- Case key
- 36118
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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
During takeoff roll, the aircraft drifted to the right edge of the runway in a soft-field takeoff attitude. The right main gear contacted the top of a snowbank. The aircraft then yawed to the right and impacted a second snowbank where it came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761BU
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062133
- Airframe hours
- 2,060
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-520R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold L. Berk
- Registered owner
- H.J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 2, 1987 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- 4N7 · Greene, NY
- Destination
- Princeton, NY
- Airport
- 4N7 · Greene, runway 25, 2,650 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 57
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,319 total · 170 in this make and model · 2,041 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.