# Accident 20240927013549A: Cessna 210-5(205), Bryan, TX, September 27, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2024, 15:45 local time
- Place: Bryan, TX
- Airport: Coulter Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7157° N, 96.3314° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7157&lon=-96.3314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N205CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (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(205)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 18 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA371) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240927013549A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33 TO THE NORTH, FLAPS AT 40 DEGRESS, PILOT EXPERIENCED A HIGH SINK RATE.  PILOT ADDED POWER AND AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE-HIGH, OBSCURING VIEW OF RUNWAY.  ONCE PILOT CORRECTED AND REDUCED POWER TO LOWER THE NOSE, HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT HAD YAWED TO THE LEFT AND WAS NO LONGER ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY, BUT WAS FACING MORE TO HIS LEFT (WEST).  PILOT DETERMINED ALTITUDE WAS TOO LOW AT THIS POINT TO ATTEMPT A GO AROUND AND ADDED RUDDER TO STRAIGHTEN AIRCRAFT BUT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING, BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND COMING TO REST UPRIGHT BUT NOSE DOWN, IN THE GRASS TO THE WEST OF THE RUNWAY ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE AIRPORT.  PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT TOOK SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO PROP, FORWARD FUSELAGE, RIGHT WING OUTBOARD, AND LEFT WING LEADING EDGE OUTBOARD.

## 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 CEN24LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA371), Sep 27, 2024: Cessna 210-5(205) (N205CT), Bryan, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during the 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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