# Incident 20120324003899I: Cessna P210N, Crystal River, FL, March 24, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8955° N, 82.6019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crystal River, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8955&lon=-82.6019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4786K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4786K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 348 total, 29 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120324003899I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 24, 2012, AT 1300 EDT, A CESSNA P-210N, N4786K, REGISTERED TO IRVIN-KAESAIR LLC, MADE A HARD LANDING AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT, CRYSTAL RIVER, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE; THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN MARATHON, FLORIDA (KMTH) AT 0930 EDT AND WAS ENROUTE TO CORDELE, GEORGIA (KCKF) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN, WHEN THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO KCGC TO AVOID THREATENING WEATHER FURTHER ALONG HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT.

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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