# Incident 20020716037039I: Cessna P210N, West Milford, NJ, July 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Greenwood Lake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1284° N, 74.3465° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENWOOD LAKE (4N1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1284&lon=-74.3465&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731KK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N731KK-2009-04-29) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Pilot flight hours: 2,145 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020716037039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM BVY (BEVERLEY, MASSACHUSETTS) ENROUTE TO MDT (HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA). THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED ON THIS 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE REPORTED THE GYRO'S INOP TO BOS CT. @ 10:30 HOURS LOCAL TIME. IN THE VICINITY OF WEST POINT, NEW YORK THE PILOT STATED HE WAS GIVEN A COMM RADIO FREQUENCY CHANGE. THE PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT CONTACT ANYONE ON THE NEW FREQUENCY OR ON HIS PREVIOUS FREQUENCY. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT 4N1 (GREENWOOD LAKE, NEW JERSEY). THE PILOT FLEW OVERHEAD THE AIRPORT AND NOTICED THE WINDSOCK INDICATED A DIRECT CROSSWIND. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, BECAME MOMENTARILY AIRBORNE AND SETTLED BACK DOWN, THEN DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 24. CONTINUITY TO ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES WAS ESTABLISHED AND OBSERVED TO BE CORRECT. THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS FULL AND THE RIGHT WING TANK INDICATED 10 GALLONS REMAINING. THE TANKS WERE VISUALLY CHECKED. FUEL UNDER PRESSURE WAS PRESENT AT THE ENGINE FLOW DIVIDER. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE PROP, SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE, THE FORWARD ENGINE COWLING, THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND WELL AREA, THE NOSE GEAR FORK SEPARATED FROM THE NOSE STRUT, THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND TIP.

## Other reports on N731KK (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850715052329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850715052329I), Jul 15, 1985: Cessna P210N (N731KK), New Bedford, MA, Substantial damage. Aircraft porpoised after touchdown and nose gear collapsed.

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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