C210 PLT LOST ACFT CTL AND WENT OFF THE RWY WHEN LNDG IN STRONG XWINDS.
Synopsis
C210 PLT LOST ACFT CTL AND WENT OFF THE RWY WHEN LNDG IN STRONG XWINDS.
Narrative
ATX ACFT PART 135 CARGO PIC. I APCHED DODGE CITY; KS (DDC) ARPT. THE WIND WAS RPTED AS BEING 320 DEGS AT 21 KTS GUSTING 28 KTS OR THEREABOUTS. RWY 32/14 AT DDC WAS NOTAM CLOSED. THEREFORE THE ONLY RWY AVAILABLE WAS RWY 2/20. I ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RWY 2. I FLEW THE TFC PATTERN NORMALLY THROUGH DOWNWIND; BASE AND FINAL ON RWY 2. HOWEVER; AS I ATTEMPTED TO ROUND OUT FOR LNDG ON RWY 2; I STARTED TO LOSE CTL OF THE ACFT AND ROLLED OFF RWY 2 AND FINALLY BROUGHT THE ACFT TO A STOP ON THE GRASS. HAVING ROLLED OFF THE RWY; NARROWLY MISSED CONTACT WITH A RWY EDGE LIGHT AND HALTED THE ACFT ON GRASS AREA SHORT OF RWY 32 WITHOUT DAMAGE. I CONSULTED WITH THE C210 POH (PLT OPERATING HANDBOOK) AND CONFIRMED THAT THE MAX DEMONSTRATED XWIND COMPONENT OF C210 IS 21 KTS. ON MY EVENING RETURN FLT I DIVERTED TO GARDEN CITY; KS (GCU) WHICH HAS A RWY 31; WHEN ON LISTENING TO AWOS; THE WIND HAD NOT IMPROVED. THE LESSON IS CHK PREDICTED WIND AT ETA; PARTICULARLY AT AN ARPT WITH SINGLE RWY. CHK RWYS AVAILABLE; BE AWARE OF XWIND COMPONENT; BE PREPARED TO DIVERT TO AN ARPT WITH A MORE SUITABLE CHOICE OF RWYS.
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