Cessna 210-5 N8450Z

Summary

On 2 July 2012 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 210-5 registered N8450Z, operated by Richard G Finkle, was involved in an accident near West Glacier, Montana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 July 2012 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

West Glacier, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Ryan Field (2MT1)

Coordinates

48.4794, -113.9600

Aircraft

Cessna 210-5

Registration

N8450Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard G Finkle

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Glacier → Schafer Meadows

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR12CA284

2 people had minor injuries.

The pilot elected to abort the takeoff without sufficient runway available to land and stop the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the illusion created by the rising terrain, which influenced the pilot's decision to abort the takeoff.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the airplane accelerated normally on the takeoff roll. It became airborne between 1,000 and 1,200 feet down the 2,500-foot runway, had a positive rate of climb, but was not climbing as he would have expected. The pilot elected to abort the takeoff and reduced power but then realized that he did not have enough runway remaining to land. As the pilot was adding power to abort the landing the airplane contacted the ground, departed the runway, and came to rest about 1/4 mile beyond the end of the runway after colliding with a log. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot stated that he felt the optical illusion of rising terrain and a rising runway caused him to feel that the airplane was not climbing adequately.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.