# Accident 20120608013659A: Cessna P210N, Detroit, MI, June 8, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2012, 14:30 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4092° N, 83.0100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4092&lon=-83.0100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7588K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7588K-2019-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,862 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA392) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120608013659A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 8, 2012, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND INITIATED AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT FROM THE SAWYER AIRPORT IN MARQUETTE, MI (KSAW) TO THE COLEMAN A. YOUNG, DETROIT CITY AIRPORT (KDET) IN DETROIT, MI. DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, HE STATED THAT HE WAS RUSHED TO DEPART SAWYER AHEAD OF WEATHER AND DID NOT SLEEP WELL THE NIGHT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT LEG. THE PILOT MADE A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33 AT THE DESTINATION, DETROIT CITY AIRPORT. DURING THE TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE FLARED TOO HIGH AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD ON THE NOSE WHEEL, CAUSING IT TO BOUNCE AND BECOME AIRBORNE AGAIN. ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, AGAIN ON THE NOSE WHEEL, THE IMPACT WAS HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE NOSE GEAR TO BE DRIVEN UP AND REARWARD INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE CONTROL AND COME TO REST NEAR THE EDGE OF RUNWAY 33.UPON EXAMINATION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED, THE NOSEWHEEL WAS DRIVEN UP AND REARWARD INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FORWARD FUSELAGE.THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER, WHO OCCUPIED TO COPILOT'S SEAT WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 CEN12CA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA392), Jun 8, 2012: Cessna P210N (N7588K), Detroit, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N7588K (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020123006919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020123006919I), Jan 23, 2002: Cessna P210N (N7588K), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-23) Flight from trenton NJ to Detroit City Airport mi. (4 hours 10 minutes flt time). Flight service forcasted IFR weather with 1000 ft ceiling. Detroit City…
- [Incident 19960711025129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960711025129I), Jul 11, 1996: Cessna P210N (N7588K), Lakeview, MI, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot landed without extending landing gear. Gear up landing. [privacy data omitted]
- [Accident 19940530010209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940530010209A), May 30, 1994: Cessna P210N (N7588K), Bay City, MI, Substantial damage. Right main gear collapsed on landing. Circuit breaker popped. Indicates late extensiion near touchdown.

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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