- Date
- April 18, 1991, 17:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Olean, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N90TLCessna P210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910418011519A
- Case key
- 36914
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the pilot, which resulted in a hard landing. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's lack of recent experience and the unfavorable wind 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
The pilot made a nose high touchdown on the main wheels and dragged the tail skid on the runway. The touchdown was hard, and when the nose wheel struck the runway, it collapsed. The pilot attributed the misjudged landing to lack of consistency in his recent flying experience and his failure to properly compensate for a downdraft on final approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90TL
- Reported as
- Cessna P210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000206
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-P5B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Goode Aircraft Sales
- Registered owner
- Goode Aircraft Sales
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 22G · Elyria, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OLE · Olean, runway 4, 4,699 × 100 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 465 total · 170 in this make and model · 318 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.