Cessna 210M N1230M

Summary

On 5 March 1987 at about 18:33 local time, a Cessna 210M registered N1230M, operated by Donald Frank Yenko, was involved in an accident near Charleston, West Virginia, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 March 1987 at 18:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Yeager (CRW)

Coordinates

38.3706, -81.5606

Aircraft

Cessna 210M

Registration

N1230M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Donald Frank Yenko

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Clarksburg → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO87FA026

4 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AFTER LANDING TOUCHDOWN. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT ASSUME A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND HEARD SOME POWER APPLIED TO THE ENGINE AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHETHER THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ABORT THE LANDING OR REGAIN CONTROL AND COMPLETE THE LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER RIGHT TO A POINT 173 FEET RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY PAVEMENT WHERE IT COLLIDED WITH A DIRT BANK AT THE EDGE OF A DEEP RAVINE. THEREAFTER, THE AIRCRAFT DOVE INTO THE RAVINE AND IMPACTED ON THE NOSE WHILE IN A NEAR VERTICAL DESCENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.