- Date
- June 3, 1993, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lynden, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29631Cessna 210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930603017389A
- Case key
- 41716
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Probable cause
Directional control not being maintained. Factors include a high touchdown speed, light rain, and a wet landing surface.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot landed long and hot in his attempt to clear what he thought were power lines off the approach end of the runway. He was unable to maintain directional control while attempting to brake on the wet runway. The aircraft slid off the runway, and impacted a nearby mobile home.
Factual narrative
On June 3, 1993, at approximately 1530 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 210L, N29631, impacted a mobile home during the landing roll at Lynden Municipal Airport, Lynden, Washington. The FAA certificated commercial pilot and his three passengers where not injured, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The personal pleasure flight, which departed Chehalis/Centralia Airport about 1500 PDT, was on a VFR flight plan in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. There was no report of an ELT activation.
The pilot said that he saw power line poles near the approach end of runway 07, so he remained high on short final in case there were power lines running between the poles. This caused him to come in high to the 2,439 foot runway. He touched down long and fast, and in attempting to stop, ran off the side of the 35 foot wide runway. While he was attempting to stop on the damp grass beside the runway, the aircraft impacted a nearby mobile home. He later discovered that the section of power line off the end of the runway had been removed from the poles.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29631
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21059873
- Airframe hours
- 1,640
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Campbell, James H.
- Registered owner
- Campbell, James H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 20, 1993 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- CLS · Chehalis, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- WA33 · Lynden Municipal Airport, runway 7, 2,439 × 35 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
- 82
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 1,640 in this make and model · 5,600 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.