# Accident 20160805024919A: Cessna P210N, Waco, TX, August 5, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2016, 18:53 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6122° N, 97.2303° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6122&lon=-97.2303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N323DC) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,088 total, 110 in this make and model, 103 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA356) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160805024919A

## Narrative

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

THE 14 CFR 91 INSTRUMENT FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DFW IN VMC CONDITIONS BOUND FOR AUS.  AS THE FLIGHT APPROACHED WACO, TX THE PILOT NOTICED THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED.  THE PILOT NOTIFIED ACT TRACON OF THE FAILURE AND REQUESTED LANDING AT ACT.  THE PILOT SHUT DOWN ALL NON-ESSENTIAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND SELECTED LANDING ?GEAR-DOWN?.  THE ACT TOWER ISSUED A LANDING CLEARANCE BUT IT WAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED.  A LANDING ?LIGHT GUN? WAS USED.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, SHEARING THE NOSE GEAR OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE RUNWAY FOR 150 FEET AND VEERED OFF THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS BY 20 FEET.  THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WERE DAMAGED.

## 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 CEN16LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA356), Aug 5, 2016: Cessna P210N (N323DC), Waco, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear (MLG) down-lock mechanism, which resulted in the collapse of the landing gear. The root cause of the right MLG down-lock mechanism could not be determined…

## Other reports on N323DC (2)

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

- [Incident 20060717013099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060717013099I), Jul 17, 2006: Cessna P210N (N323DC), Everett, WA. (-23) Aircraft sustained a hard landing and the nose wheel broke apart. The a/c landed w/o incident. Damage limited to the prop and the n/g fork.
- [Incident 19970223006929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970223006929I), Feb 23, 1997: Cessna P210N (N323DC), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 02-23-97 at approximately 1645 local, Cessna N323DC, flown by lauren s. ward for the purpose of pleasure, landed on runway 33 at Oakland…

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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