# Accident 20080508838629A: Cessna 210, Pleasanton, TX, May 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Pleasanton, TX
- Airport: Pleasanton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9514° N, 98.5186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9514&lon=-98.5186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732VM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732VM-2009-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080508838629A

## Narrative

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

(-23)A CESSNA 210, REGISTRATION NUMBER N732VM, ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT THE PLEASANTON (PEZ) AIRPORT BUT CAME IN TOO HOT AND RAN OFF THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND IMPACTED A HACKBERRY TREE WITH THE LEFT WING (WING ROOT) AND THE ENGINE IMPACTED A FENCE CORNER POST BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.  THERE WERE OVER A HUNDRED YARDS OF SKIDMARKS ON THE RUNWAY AND ANOTHER HUNDERED PLUS YARDS ON THE GRASS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TREE.  THE PILOT CLAIMED THE BRAKES DID NTO WORK, FAILED.  THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES TO THE THREE ADULTS ONBOARD, PILOT, MALE PASSENGER AND A FEMALE PASSENGER.  THERE WAS NO POST FIRE.  THE LEFT FUEL TANK RUPTURED ON IMPACT.  NOTE:THE RIGHT SEAT CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE TRACKS.  THE PILOT IS NOT CERTIFICATED.  THE FEMALE PASSENGER AND HER 2 1/2 YEAR OLD BABY WERE ILLEGAL ALIENS.

## 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 DFW08CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA132), May 8, 2008: Cessna C-210 (N732VM), Pleasanton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point resulting in an overrun. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to abort the landing.

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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