N9612Y

On May 28, 1999, at 2010 eastern daylight time. a Cessna T210N, N9612Y, owned and piloted by a private pilot, received substantial damage upon impact with an airport boundary fence and an automobile. The airport boundary fence was located at the departure end of runway 27 (3,350 feet by 150 feet, dry asphalt) at Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO), Kalamazoo, Michigan. The aircraft impacted the automobile while it was travelling along a north south road along the departure end of runway 27. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot received minor injuries and all four passengers received no injuries. The driver of the automobile was seriously injured. The flight originated from the Oakland/Troy Airport (7D2), Troy, Michigan, at 1910, and was en route to AZO with a final destination of Mackinac Island, Michigan.

The pilot stated that he had obtained full fuel from a fixed base operator at 7D2. He described his approach into AZO as being fairly steep with the power pulled back. He reported that he was straight in for Runway 27 at AZO and had selected 10 degrees of flaps as a landing flap setting. The pilot added that he was coming in too fast. He also stated that he touched down at a point 1/2 down the runway and applied the brakes at which point he elected to perform a go-around. He reported that the engine "cut-out" as he went to a full power setting. The pilot further stated that the mixture and propeller controls were fully forward during the go-around attempt.

In a written statement, the pilot reported the following, "High approach to runway 27. Touched down approximately half way down the runway. Decision was made to go around. Added full power, mixture rich, propeller takeoff position. Proceeded with forced landing. Impacted fence at departure end of runway 27. Deplaned aircraft".

The pilot and emergency personnel reported that there fuel was leaking from the aircraft after the accident. The emergency personnel also reported that there was no fire.

A video tape taken of the accident site revealed that there were black marks from the runway numbers of runway 05, across the north south road and towards the main wreckage. The threshold of runway 05 is displaced 315 feet. Twenty sections or an estimated 240 feet of airport's chain link perimeter fence was reported as destroyed. The fence was wrapped around the aircraft's spinner and behind the propeller hub. The throttle, mixture and propeller controls were in the forward position. The trailing edge flaps were in the 10-degree position.

The engine was run on the airframe and no anomalies were noted.

The Federal Aviation Administration, Cessna Aircraft Company and Textron Lycoming were parties to the investigation.