# Accident 20091020050589A: Cessna 182R, White Plains, NY, October 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2009, 18:55 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0238° N, 73.7510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Plains, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0238&lon=-73.7510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4731N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4731N-2010-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-470
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,348 total, 884 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091020050589A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS OFFERED AND ACCEPTED A CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 29 AT WHITE PLAINS.  HE DETERMINED THAT THE AVAILABLE LANDING DISTANCE WAS 4,451 FEET AND WAS UNAWARE THAT THERE WAS A DISPLACED THRESHOLD.  THE ACTUAL LDA IS 3,164 FEET.  ATC ASKED THE PILOT TO KEEP APPROACH SPEED UP DUE TO TRAFFIC SEQUENCED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34 BEHIND THE ACCIDENT PLANE.  THE PILOT MADE HIS APPROACH AND LANDING WITHOUT FLAPS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE ATC AND DID NOT ADEQUATELY SLOW THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE FLARE.  THE LAST RADAR HIT SHOWS GROUND SPEED AT 112 KNOTS AT 500 FEET MSL WITH A TREND OF INCREASING SPEED.  THE PILOT SAW THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD ILLUMINATED BY THE LANDING LIGHT AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE.  THE PILOT LOCKED THE BRAKES WHEN CONCERN DEVELOPED FOR STOPPING BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  THERE WAS A PRIVATE INTRUMENT RATED PASSENGER ON BOARD THAT THE PILOT USED AS A RESOURCE.  THE SECOND PILOT NEVER ACTED AS PIC.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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