- Date
- September 1, 2022, 10:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Weston, OR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4620KCessna P210N
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 106251
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a bounced landing and runway excursion.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, he entered the traffic pattern to land on the private runway. The airplane touched down on the runway’s asphalt surface and bounced. The pilot decided a go-around would not be successful and continued with the landing. He applied maximum brake pressure, retracted the wing flaps, and deflected the elevator upward. Despite his attempts, the airplane continued off the end of the runway and descended into a ditch. The right wing was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4620K
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000240
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 1,921
- Engine
- Continental Motors TSIO-520-P5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rule Aero LLC
- Registered owner
- Rule Aero LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 22, 2022 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 5WA5 · Wapato, WA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- None · Private, runway 34, 1,800 × 20 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, ADS-B
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
- 73
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 21, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 19,930 total · 137 in this make and model · 13,800 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 60 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.16 inHg
- Observed at
- KALW, 18 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 9, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.6 MB in all.