# Incident 20010703018479I: Cessna 208B, Pasco, WA, July 3, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2001, 08:10 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: COEA
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N859FE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N859FE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 803 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010703018479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 21R AT PASCO, WA. THE TOWER OFFERED RUNWAY 12. THE PILOT ACCEPTED RUNWAY 12. HE MADE THE TURN TO FINAL ON 12 OVER 21R. HE LANDED MID FIELD ON RUNWAY 12. THE AIRCRAFT WEIGHED 8240 (MAX LANDING 8500).  THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY WITH A HIGH SINKRATE AND A SLIP TO THE LEFT.  THE LEFT MAIN TIRE BLEW OUT AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUT WAS BENT.  NO FURTHER DAMAGE.

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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