Accident Cessna 210L N590GC, Friday 6 January 1989

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Date:	Friday 6 January 1989
Time:	21:40 LT
Type:	Cessna 210L
Owner/operator:	Crenshaw, Candace
Registration:	N590GC
MSN:	21060075
Year of manufacture:	1973
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-520-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Greenwood, MS - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Atlanta, GA (KPDK)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT RPRTD THAT AFTER A BOUNCED LANDING AT NIGHT, THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RGT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. SHE APPLIED POWER FOR A GO-AROUND. A WITNESS RPRTD THE ACFT 'STAGGERED' INTO THE AIR. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT HIT A BALE OF HAY, APRX 150 FT TO THE RGT OF THE RUNWAY & WAS DAMAGED. THE PLT RPRTD THAT SHE BELIEVED THE RGT BRAKE HAD SEIZED. HOWEVER, AN OPERATIONAL CHECK & DISASSEMBLY OF THE BRAKE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.

Probable Cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE.

Accident investigation: