Mendenhall LANCAIR 235 N290DM
13 December 2005 · Medina, Ohio, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 December 2005 at about 19:15 local time, a Mendenhall LANCAIR 235 registered N290DM was involved in an accident near Medina, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Medina, Ohio, United States
- Nearest airport
- Medina Municipal Airport (1G5)
- Coordinates
- 41.1314, -81.7650
- Aircraft
- Mendenhall LANCAIR 235
- Registration
- N290DM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Atlanta → Medina
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI06CA044
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing due to an icy runway. Factors to the accident were the ice/snow contaminated runway surface, snow bank, and the pilot's lack of familiarity with the accident airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During the landing roll the airplane impacted a snow bank situated alongside the runway and subsequently nosed over. The pilot reported that the runway was contaminated with snow and ice patches. The pilot stated that after touchdown the airplane "immediately began drifting toward the left side of the runway." The pilot reported that he attempted to correct for the drift using right rudder but "lost directional control" and departed off the left side of the runway. The pilot reported that he had 11 hours of flight experience in the airplane and the "runway conditions were much more than I was capable of handling with this aircraft." The accident airplane was equipped with a free-castering nose landing gear and directional control is maintained by differential braking when the rudder becomes ineffective at lower speeds.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 21 Dec 2005 | Cessna T210M | North Lima, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Aug 2005 | O'connor AIR COMMAND ELITE | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 2005 | Cessna 172N | Wellington, Ohio, United States | Flight Services Of Medina | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 2005 | Piper PA-28-181 | Columbus, Ohio, United States | National Flyer's Association | No injuries | - |