# NTSB WPR24LA133: Cessna T210, N89EP, Placerville, CA, April 23, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 23, 2024, 11:13 local (18:13 UTC) - Place: Placerville, CA - Coordinates: 38.798437, -120.73422 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7984&lon=-120.7342&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 8, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 3 - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA-FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 194162 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR24LA133 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194162/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA133 ## Probable cause The pilot’s loss of directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna T210L, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073449), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that immediately after touching down on the runway the airplane veered right. He attempted to correct with rudder application, but the airplane continued to veer to the right. He applied the left brake to help with the correction as the airplane continued to veer to the right of the runway. Before exiting off the side of the runway he applied pressure to both brake pedals. Despite his actions, the airplane exited the runway and onto the grass-covered runway safety area and continued to a parking area near hangars. The braking had little effect as the airplane traveled over the grass, and the pilot continued to apply the left brake and full left rudder to try to return to the runway. In a last effort to avoid the parking area, he again applied both brakes. Subsequently, the airplane impacted an unoccupied airplane and then a hangar door. The pilot reported that, following the accident, he examined the right brake caliper assembly and found it to be tight and secured. According to the pilot, he could not move the right wheel assembly on the axle. However, postaccident examination of the brakes by an FAA inspector revealed no anomalies and both brakes functioned normally. No pre-accident mechanical anomalies were found that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative On April 23, 2024, at 1113 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna T210 airplane, N89EP, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Placerville, California. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that immediately after the airplane touched down, it pulled to the right. He attempted to correct with rudder application, but the airplane continued to veer to the right. He first suspected that it was a flat right main tire, although he recalled the airplane was rolling smoothly. He then applied the left brake to help with the correction as the airplane continued to veer to the right. Before exiting off the side of the runway he applied pressure to both brake pedals. Despite his actions, the airplane exited the runway and onto the grass-covered runway safety area and continued to a parking area near hangars. The braking had little effect as the airplane traveled over the grass, and the pilot continued to apply the left brake and full left rudder to try to return to the runway. In a last effort to avoid the parking area, he applied both brakes. Subsequently, the airplane impacted an unoccupied airplane and then a hangar door. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings and the fuselage. The pilot reported that, following the accident, he examined the right brake caliper assembly and found it to be tight and secured. According to the pilot, he could not move the right wheel assembly on the axle. Postaccident examination of the airplane was conducted by an FAA inspector. The airplane’s flight control system revealed normal operation. The nose landing gear collapsed during the accident sequence. The right rudder pedals were found forced beyond full deflection. The brake pedals were depressed from each pilot position and both felt normal. The main brake rotors were free to rotate. The inspector spoke with the individuals who moved the airplane into a hangar after the accident, and they did not indicate that either brake assembly was locked in place at that time. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N89EP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89EP), registered now, S/N 21060380, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA T210 (L) - 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: 21060380 - Year built: 1974 - Airframe hours: 5116 - Engines: Continental Motors TSIO-520H4B 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Summers Leonard T Trustee - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 26, 2023, 47 hours before - Departed: LVK, Livermore, CA - Destination: 01CL, Placerville, CA - Airport: 01CL, Swansboro Airport, runway 09, 3,100 × 50 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 69; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review February 20, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 2,283 total, 1,546 in this make and model, 2,088 as pilot in command, 77 in the last 90 days, 19 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 250° at 6 knots - Visibility: 9 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 29.97 inHg - Observed at: KPVF, 5 nm away - METAR: KPVF 231815Z AUTO 25006KT 9SM CLR 14/09 A2997 RMK AO1 ## Other investigations on N89EP (1) 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. - [NTSB BFO96LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO96LA019), Oct 24, 1995: Cessna T210L (N89EP), College Park, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to initiate a go-around. Related factors were the crosswind and the pilot's concern about being late for meetings he had scheduled. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.