# Incident 20170430009599I: Cessna 210-5, Abilene, TX, April 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2017, 13:22 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4487° N, 99.7331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4487&lon=-99.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8154Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8154Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5 (registry code 2073404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 5 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170430009599I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY35L, THE PLANE WAS IN A CRAB AND WAS BEING BLOWN OFF CENTERLINE.  PILOT DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND NEVER TOUCHED DOWN. PILOT REQUESTED THE CROSSWIND RUNWAY. PILOT LANDED SMOOTHLY IN THE CENTER OF RUNWAY 22, THEN A GUST STARTED PUSHING AIRCRAFT ACROSS THE RUNWAY DURING ROLL OUT.  PILOT TURNED WITH IT AND WENT ACROSS THE GRASS ONTO THE TAXIWAY AVOIDING THE LIGHTS AND RUNWAY MARKERS . THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE PLANE, OR AIRFIELD, AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8154Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20000705009019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000705009019A), Jul 5, 2000: Cessna 2105 (N8154Z), Tacna, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) During a VFR flight departing from yuma international enroute to sedona AZ the a/c experienced total engine failure about 45 miles east of yuma. The…

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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