# Incident 20121122026189I: Cessna 210D, Orlando, FL, November 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2012, 14:35 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3728Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3728Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,975 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121122026189I

## Narrative

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

UPON APPROACHING KORL FOR LANDING, THE PILOT ACCESSED AND LISTENED TO THE CURRENT ATIS BROADCAST AND THE PREVAILING WINDS WERE 020 DEGREES@15G13KTS. THE PILOT THEN REQUESTED A WIND CHECK WHILE ON SHORT FINAL AND THE  WINDS WERE 030 DEGREES @ 15G23KTS FOR LANDING AND HE CONTINUED THE LANDING. WHEN THE PILOT BEGAN HIS FLARE FOR TOUCHDOWN THE WINDS WERE GUSTING AND CHANGED DIRECTION AND SPEED. A 2O KT AIRSPEED LOSS WAS ENCOUNTERED AND HIS USE OF CROSSWIND TECHNIQUES WERE INSUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME THE WINDS. THE RWY WAS DRY WITH NO PRECIPITATION.THE PILOT DECIDED AGAINST MAKING ANY SUDDEN AND ABRUPT MANEUVERS CLOSE TO THE GROUND. HE NOTED THE SURROUNDING AREA WAS FLAT AND GRASSY, THEREBY ELECTING TO LAND AND ALLOW THE WIND TO BLOW THE  ACFT. OFF THE RUNWAY EDGE INSTEAD OF FIGHTING AGAINST THE GUSTY CONDITIONS WITH THE FLIGHT CONTROLS.THE ACFT. HIT A RWY EDGE LIGHT AND ONE OF THE PROP BLADES SUSTAINED A SMALL NICK. NO INJURIES OR FURTHER VISUAL DAMAGE WERE NOTED.

## Other reports on N3728Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20031109037689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031109037689A), Nov 9, 2003: Cessna 210D (N3728Y), Millington, TN, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot could not get main gear to indicate down and lock. Fly-by control tower confirmed nose gear down but not main gear. Pilot used emergency procedures…

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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