# NTSB SEA93LA127: Cessna 210L, N29631, Lynden, WA, June 3, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 3, 1993, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Lynden, WA
- Coordinates: 48.949356, -122.430404 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9494&lon=-122.4304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 17, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41716
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA127
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41716/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA127

## Probable cause

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL NOT BEING MAINTAINED. FACTORS INCLUDE A HIGH TOUCHDOWN SPEED, LIGHT RAIN, AND A WET LANDING SURFACE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29631), registered now, S/N 21059873, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059873
- Airframe hours: 1640
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 82; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930603017389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930603017389A), Jun 3, 1993: Cessna 210L, Lynden, WA, Substantial damage. Unable to stop after high and fast approach. Veered into grass and hit a mobile home. Avoided non existing wires.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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