- Date
- October 23, 1990, 17:21 local (21:21 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N613PWCessna 210
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901023046979A
- Case key
- 36831
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Probable cause
The pilot used excessive airspeed on the approach and landed long. The airplane went off the runway and struck a fence.
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.
Overrun
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Proper touchdown point - not obtainedCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fence
Analysis
The pilot flew the ILS approach and landed on runway 06 with 861 feet of runway remaining. The pilot said he 'hydroplaned and ran off end of runway.' The FAA conducted a flight check of the ILS and found no discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N613PW
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21061972
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Willard Walpole
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- BOR · Windor Locks, CT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BDR · Bridgeport, runway 6, 4,677 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BDR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.