- Date
- July 21, 1997, 19:00 local (Jul 22, 1997, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stehekin, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6922RCessna T210H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970721045779A
- Case key
- 42664
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's misreading of the windsock and subsequent downwind landing. Factors in the accident were the sunglare and tailwind.
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 approach to a grass airstrip located in mountainous terrain, the sun was directly in the pilot's face and the windsock was in a shadow. The pilot misread the windsock and landed downwind. The airplane overran the runway and nosed over in a soft bog at the end of the runway.
Factual narrative
On July 21, 1997, approximately 1900 Pacific Daylight time, a Cessna T210H, N6922R, being flown by an airline transport pilot ran off the end of the runway at Stehekin, Washington and nosed over. The aircraft received substantial damage. The pilot and his two passengers were not injured. Visual conditions prevailed. The flight, which was personal, had departed Seattle, Washington approximately 1820 for the flight to Stehekin.
The pilot stated that as he was approaching the field, the sun was in his face and the airstrip was in shadow. As a result, he misread the wind direction and landed downwind. The airplane overran the end of the runway and was substantially damaged when it nosed over in a soft bog off the end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6922R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T210-0322
- Airframe hours
- 5,057
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ravens Limited
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 13, 1996 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- 6S9
- Airport
- 6S9 · Stehekin State, runway 13, 2,630 × 80 ft, grass/turf
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,814 total · 4,955 in this make and model · 2,700 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.