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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182P · Del Rio, TX · August 20, 2010

Date
August 20, 2010 · 16:40 local
Place
Del Rio, TX
Airport
Weslaco,Mid Valley
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1298S
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
121 total60 in this make and model60 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.

Pilot was landing on private ranch property, private landing strip, when a cow appeared to look as if it was going to run onto runway. The pilot was watching the cow and came in low and landed short of the runway impacting the ground. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. VFR day, no injuries reported.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS LANDING ON PRIVATE RANCH PROPERTY, PRIVATE LANDING STRIP, WHEN A COW APPEARED TO LOOK AS IF IT WAS GOING TO RUN ONTO RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS WATCHING THE COW AND CAME IN LOW AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. VFR DAY, NO INJURIES REPORTED.