# Incident 20180407003369I: Cessna P210, Addison, TX, April 7, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2018, 10:40 local time
- Place: Addison, TX
- Airport: Addison
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9686° N, 96.8365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADDISON (ADS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9686&lon=-96.8365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N215GN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N215GN) (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 P210
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180407003369I

## Narrative

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

THE INCIDENT FLIGHT WAS ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN DURING INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) PERFORMING AN INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) APPROACH TO ADDISON AIRPORT (ADS) RUNWAY 33 IN ADDISON, TEXAS.

FLIGHTAWARE FLIGHT TRACKING INDICATES THE APPROACH DECENT APPEARED TO VARY BETWEEN 90 FEET PER MINUTE (FPM) AND 909 FPM, WHILE THE AIRSPEED APPEARED TO VARY BETWEEN 179 AND 101 KNOTS UPON DESCENDING FROM 3,900 FEET.  THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PILOT REPORTING THAT HIS APPROACH WAS NOT STABLE AND, ?I JUST GOT TOO LOW AND SLOW, I STALLED AND RECOVERED THEN LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.?

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED 185 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON THE ENGINEERED MATERIAL ARRESTING SYSTEM (EMAS) INSTALLED ON THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 33.  AS THE AIRCRAFT WINGS UNLOADED THEIR LIFT, THE AIRCRAFT SANK ONTO THE FIBERGLASS ENCASED ARRESTING MATERIAL.  THE ARRESTING MATERIAL, COUPLED WITH THE RESISTANCE OF THE BREAKING FIBERGLASS COVER, CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY TO COLLAPSE AND BREAK AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE.   THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY WITH TWO OF ITS THREE BLADES AND CAME TO REST, DAMAGING THE LOWER NOSE COWLING, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS AND EXHAUST STACK.  THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  AIRPORT PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE EMAS.

THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT IS THE PILOTS NON-STABILIZED APPROACH TO LANDING.

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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