Probable cause
A temporary loss of elevator pitch control for undetermined reasons.
NTSB analysis
The private pilot was on a takeoff roll from a 4,208-foot-long paved runway. At rotation speed the yoke was unresponsive and the pilot was unable to pull the yoke back for liftoff. The pilot said that he immediately looked down and confirmed that the gust lock was not installed and aborted the takeoff. The airplane exited the runway at the departure end and the pilot performed an intentional ground loop to avoid crashing through the airport boundary fence. There was substantial damage to the airplane, but no injuries to the private pilot, who was the only occupant. The two Federal Aviation Administration inspectors who responded to the accident scene confirmed continuity of the flight controls and did not find any precrash anomalies that would have prevented normal operations.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN09CA569 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Sep 7, 2009
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Nearest airport
- Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport (RVS)
- Highest injury
- None
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Cessna T210
- N-number
- N6442Y
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
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