- Date
- May 1, 2023, 18:15 local (May 2, 2023, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- San Luis Obispo, CA · KSBP
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29TRCessna T210N
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: 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
- FAA report
- 20230501021829A
- Case key
- 107203
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 failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
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 during the landing roll, the airplane “pulled hard right.” He added engine power “to try to get some rudder control” and the airplane veered across the runway to the left. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and impacted airport equipment, which resulted in substantial damage to both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing runway 29, with wind from 310° at 14 knots, gusting to 21 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29TR
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21064570
- Built
- 1981
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 22, 2022 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- KNYL · Yuma, AZ
- Destination
- KSBP · San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport
- KSBP · San Luis Obispo, runway 29, 6,101 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, 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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 5, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,694 total · 862 in this make and model · 1,694 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 14 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KSBP
- METAR
- METAR KSBP 012256Z 31014G21KT 10SM SCT031 15/07 A2987
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.