# Accident 20010809021489A: Cessna P210N, Mackinac Island, MI, August 9, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2001, 13:45 local time
- Place: Mackinac Island, MI
- Airport: Mackinac Island Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8507° N, 84.6194° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8507&lon=-84.6194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5268W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5268W-2003-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010809021489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH (IFR) TO MACKINAW ISLAND. PILOT MISSED FIRST ATTEMPT AT LANDING. ON SECOND ATTEMPT AIRCRAFT DESCENDED LOW ENOUGH TO CONTACT TREES 1/2 MILE FROM RUNWAY 26. AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED. (.19) ON AUGUST 09, 2001, AT 1345 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA P210N, N5268W, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TREES AND TERRAIN AND SUBSEQUENTLY BURNED. THE AIRPLANE WAS APPROACHING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26 (3,501 FEET BY 75 FEET, ASPHALT), AT THE MACKINAC ISLAND AIRPORT, MACKINAC ISLAND, MICHIGAN. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE PALWAUKEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WHEELING, ILLINOIS AT AN UNDETERMINED TIME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI01LA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA269), Aug 9, 2001: Cessna P210N (N5268W), Mackinac Island, MI, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain proper glidepath during the landing approach resulting in the pilot not maintaining clearance from the trees. Factors were the haze, the gusty winds, and the trees.

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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