# Incident 20190406000059I: Cessna 208, Orange, MA, April 6, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2019, 15:45 local time
- Place: Orange, MA
- Airport: Orange Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5700° N, 72.2885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE MUNI (ORE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5700&lon=-72.2885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N167PM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-114A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,140 total, 1 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190406000059I

## Narrative

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

AT 1945Z ON 04/06/19 N167PM A CESSNA 208 LANDED HARD AT ORANGE, MA (ORE) ON RUNWAY 32 CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND THE PROP TO STRIKE THE NOSE TIRE. THERE WAS ONE PERSON ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES.

IN THE STATEMENT FROM THE PILOT HE STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS FOR PARACHUTE JUMPING. HE STATED THE FLIGHT WAS A TYPICAL PARACHUTE DROP WITH 9 JUMPERS ON BOARD. THE DROP WAS PERFORMED AS PLANNED. HE THEN RETURNED TO LAND AT ORE. CONDITIONS WERE VFR WITH A 10-15 KT WIND DOWN RUNWAY 32 WITH A SLIGHT LEFT CROSSWIND. ON FINAL APPROACH HE GOT A BIT LOW AND SLOW AND ADDED POWER TO COMPENSATE. JUST BEFORE THE NUMBERS HE ADDED SOME SLIP FOR THE CROSSWIND AND OVER THE NUMBERS REDUCED POWER. THE PLANE LOST AIRSPEED INSTANTLY AND DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY.

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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