- Date
- January 14, 1989, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, RI
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6556ACessna T210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890114000609A
- Case key
- 36363
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Probable cause
Loss of control during an attempted go-around due to raising the flaps at low airspeed, in a nose high attitude.
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 attempted go around pilot said that engine did not respond. Upon raising the flaps and making nose high left turn the stall warning horn sounded so he landed in a nearby farm field and nosed over. A test run of the engine did not reveal any discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6556A
- Reported as
- Cessna T210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21063550
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Gould
- Registered owner
- James Gould & Jayne Gould
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ISP · Islip, NY
- Destination
- 2B4 · Newport, RI
- Airport
- 2B4 · Newport State, runway 22, 3,000 × 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 546 total · 302 in this make and model · 385 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.