Cessna 210 N5957F

Summary

On 21 December 2007 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 210 registered N5957F, operated by Don Kirby, was involved in an accident near Medford, Oklahoma, United States. 3 people were 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.

Date

21 December 2007 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Medford, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Medford Muni (OK68)

Coordinates

36.7878, -97.7428

Aircraft

Cessna 210

Registration

N5957F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Don Kirby

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hobbs → Medford

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DFW08CA047

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's decision to attempt a night landing without runway lighting. A contributing factor was inoperative runway lights.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot attempted a night landing on an unlighted runway. Prior to landing, he said he tried to activate the runway lights, but was unable to turn the lights on. The pilot noted that since there was moonlight and he was familiar with the airport; he elected to land without the runway lights. He reported that he thought he could see the runway, and that he was on the runway, until "he felt the nose-wheel sink." The airplane came to rest inverted. An inspection of the runway lighting system revealed that the lights were not functioning properly.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.