# Incident 20050805019399I: Cessna 501, Richmond, VA, August 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2005, 06:45 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501BP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050805019399I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE "JUST MADE A MISTAKE AND FLARED TOO HIGH." HE ESTIMATED THAT HE WAS ABOUT 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY WHEN HE FLARED TO LAND. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RUNWAY ON TAIL SECTION. DAMAGE APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO TAIL-CONE AREA.

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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