# Incident 19981017036639I: Cessna 210G, Taunton, MA, October 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Taunton, MA
- Airport: Taunton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9001° N, 71.0898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taunton, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9001&lon=-71.0898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5827F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5827F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210G (registry code 2073430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 547 total, 520 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981017036639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-5)ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1998, MR. BOK DEPARTED MANSFIELD, MA, PILOTING THE CESSNA 210G WITH ROBERT SCHUIL, A VISITOR FROM THE NETHERLANDS, AS PASSENGER.  AFTER TAKING OFF MR. BOK WAS JOINED BY HIS SON, HANS BOK, FLYING AN EXPERIMENTAL LAZER AND GREG LESINSKI FLYING HIS YAK 55 IN LOOSE FORMATION.  APPROCAHING THE TAUNTON AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 P.M., HANS BOK INDICATED THAT HE WOULD LAND FIRST AND DEPARTED FOR THE DOWNWIND LEG.  GREG LESINSKI STAYED ON THE RIGHT SIDE UP TO THE DOWNWIND LEG BUT ALSO INDICATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO LAND FIRST.  HE EXTENDED HIS DOWNWIND LEG TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SPACING AND APPROACHED FINAL RELATIVELY HIGH, WHICH REQUIRED FULL FLAPS.  THE APPROACH WAS SMOOTH BUT AFTER FLARE-OUT, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY WITH ONE WING SLIGHTLY LOWER AND WITH THE GEAR STILL RETRACTED.  THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED NO INJURIES AND THE PLANE WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY IN APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES.  THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT; TWO BELLY SKINS, COWL FLAPS AND LEFT MAIN-GEAR DOOR REQUIRE REPAIR.  THE PROPELLER APPEARS TO BE BEYOND REPAIR AND TOTALED AS WELL AS THREE ANTENNAS.  THE ENGINE REQUIRES TEARDOWN AND INSPECTINSPECTION.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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