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FAA incident report · Cessna 210L · Buffalo, NY · August 3, 2002

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Date
August 3, 2002 · 21:15 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Buffalo Airfield Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N29022
Reported as
Cessna 210L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total
N29022Registered now · Cessna 210LS/N 21059783 · Built 1972Airframe modelCessna 210LEngine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On 8/3/02, during a night landing at Buffalo airfield (9G0), the pilot misjudged the descent rate and his flare did not arrest in time once visual cues of the runway became apparent to him. The aircraft did a hard landing on the mains then slammed forward partially collapsing the nose gear and contacting the runway with the prop. Damage is to the nose gear, nose gear doors and some on the sheet metal in the area. I could not see any extensive damage to the aircraft and no damage to the fire wall or any of the main aircraft structure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON 8/3/02, DURING A NIGHT LANDING AT BUFFALO AIRFIELD (9G0), THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE DESCENT RATE AND HIS FLARE DID NOT ARREST IN TIME ONCE VISUAL CUES OF THE RUNWAY BECAME APPARENT TO HIM. THE AIRCRAFT DID A HARD LANDING ON THE MAINS THEN SLAMMED FORWARD PARTIALLY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND CONTACTING THE RUNWAY WITH THE PROP. DAMAGE IS TO THE NOSE GEAR, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND SOME ON THE SHEET METAL IN THE AREA. I COULD NOT SEE ANY EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO DAMAGE TO THE FIRE WALL OR ANY OF THE MAIN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE.