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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P210N · Provincetown, MA · February 27, 2003

Date: February 27, 2003 · 07:58 local
Place: Provincetown, MA
Airport: Provincetown Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4740K
Reported as: Cessna P210N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,653 total925 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The landing was on the centerline of the runway, as shown by the skid marks. The aircraft's left main landing gear and nose gear were damaged. The propeller was damaged; all three blades were bent back. After touching down the aircraft kept moving to the left away from the centerline of the runway. The aircraft impacted a snow bank on the left side of the runway. The impact caused the nose gear to sever from the aircraft and the right main gear to retract to the up position. We are still awaiting the teardown inspection.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE LANDING WAS ON THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY, AS SHOWN BY THE SKID MARKS. THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR WERE DAMAGED. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED; ALL THREE BLADES WERE BENT BACK. AFTER TOUCHING DOWN THE AIRCRAFT KEPT MOVING TO THE LEFT AWAY FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A SNOW BANK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO SEVER FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO RETRACT TO THE UP POSITION. WE ARE STILL AWAITING THE TEARDOWN INSPECTION.