Cessna 340A N630PL

Summary

On 23 October 2010 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 340A registered N630PL was involved in an accident near Camp Verde, Arizona, United States. 2 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

23 October 2010 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Camp Verde, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Montezuma (19AZ)

Coordinates

34.6050, -111.8653

Aircraft

Cessna 340A

Registration

N630PL

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Prescott → Camp Verde

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR11CA026

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's misjudged approach and failure to attain the correct touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he noted that the wind was calm as he made his traffic-pattern approach to the runway. He turned onto base leg early, which resulted in the airplane being higher than normal on the final approach. He reduced the engine power and lowered the nose in an attempt to land with enough runway surface remaining. The pilot reported that although the airplane floated much further than he expected during landing, he believed that he could still brake to a stop safely. The airplane subsequently overran the runway's end and came to rest on an embankment with collapsed landing gear and a bent wing. The pilot reported that he experienced no mechanical malfunctions with his airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.