# Accident 20110919024379A: Cessna P210N, Longview, TX, September 19, 2011 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 19, 2011, 20:50 local time - Place: Longview, TX - Airport: East Texas Regional - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.3836° N, 94.7069° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3836&lon=-94.7069&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4867K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4867K) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 432 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA657](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA657) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110919024379A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACCORDING TO RADAR TRACKS N4867K ENTERED A NORMAL RIGHT DOWNWIND PATTERN FOR LANDING ON RWY 18. HIS INDICATED ALTITUDE WAS 1200 MSL. ATC DATA INDICATES N4867K WAS INITIALLY AT 1200 FT MSL BUT DESCENDED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 1100 FT MSL APPROXIMATELY 1/2 DOWN THE DOWNWIND LEG WITH AN INDICATED AIRSPEED OF APPROX 190 KTS. HIS ACTUAL GROUND SPEED WAS COMPOUNDED DUE TO AN ESTIMATED 20 KTS TAILWIND. AT APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY POINT OF HIS DOWNWIND LEG RADAR DATA INDICATES HE DESCENDED TO 1100 FT MSL. THE SLOW DESCENT CONTINUED THRU HIS RIGHT TURN UNTIL RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST APPROXIMALTEY 1.5 MILES OFF THE NORTHWEST END OF RWY 18. RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AS HE INITIATED HIS RIGHT TURN TO BASE LEG. SHORTLY THEREAFTER ATC RECORDINGS INDICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD THE TOWER HE HAD MADE A "BOBO" AND HIT SOME TREES OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS ABOUT TO TAKE A TRIP WHICH MIGHT HAVE REQUIRED HIM TO RETURN TO EAST TX REGIONAL AFTER DARK. HE HAD ELECTED TO GET NIGHT CURRENT BY MAKING A FLIGHT FROM EAST TX REGIONAL (KGGG) TO RUSK COUNTY AIRPORT WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MILES WEST OF GGG. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE HAD MADE 2 STOP AND GOS AT RUSK COUNTY, STOPPED FOR FUEL AND HAD HEADED BACK TO GGG FOR HIS FINAL LANDING. ARRIVING AT GGG HE WAS CLEARED FOR A RIGHT BASE TO LAND ON RWY 18. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNAWARE OF HIS DESCENT AND CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE GROUND. HIS DESCENT CONTINUED UNTIL IMPACTING TREES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER N4867K REPORTED HAD HAD MADE A "BO-BO" AND WAS COMING IN TO LAND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE HIT THE TREES OFF THE NORTH END OF RWY 18. DURING HIS INTERVIEW, HE STATED HIS ALTIMETER NEVER INDICATED A DESCENT AND HIS AIRSPEED NEVER DEVIATED FROM 90 KTS PRIOR TO HITTING THE TREE TOPS. AFTER HITTING THE TREES HE CONTACTED GGG TOWER AND COMPLETED HIS LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. HOWEVER, CRASH RESCUE DID RETRIEVE A LARGE TREE LIMB FROM THE RUNWAY AFTER HE HAD LANDED. ## 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 CEN11LA657](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA657), Sep 19, 2011: Cessna P210N (N4867K), Longview, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight's inadvertent encounter with a rare and unforecasted mesoscale gravity wave while on base leg, which resulted in a sudden loss of altitude and subsequent collision with trees. ## Other reports on N4867K (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20120719014669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120719014669I), Jul 19, 2012: Cessna P210N (N4867K), Longview, TX, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Departed Longview TX (ggg) on 07/19/2012 enroute to marshall TX(als) to obtain a CFI endorsement from [privacy data omitted], which was… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.