- Date
- August 6, 1989, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waterville, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N211PBCessna 421C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890806031149A
- Case key
- 36458
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, his failure to obtain NOTAMS, and failure of the approach controller to provide a safety advisory about the runway condition.
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 arrival at Waterville, the flt was handed off to brunswick apch ctl & clrd for a vor/dme apch to the unctld arpt. Subsequently, the plt landed on rwy 5, which he thought was 5500' long. However, the NE 2700' of the rwy was closed. The plt rprtd that he failed to come to a complete stop before reaching barricades, so he exited the rwy to the left. Subsequently, the acft enctrd mud, grass & construction mtrls & was damaged. The plt had received a wx briefing before the flt; however, he interrupted the briefing before it was finished & did not obtain info about NOTAMS. The apch ctlr did not adz the plt about the rwy cond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211PB
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 068H
- Airframe hours
- 1,497
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-L, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel C.Hostetter
- Registered owner
- Fentheria Airline Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 29, 1989 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- HVA · Hyannis, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- WVL · Waterville, runway 5, 2,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 8,000 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 48 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °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.