# Incident 20241217020559I: Cessna P210N, Henderson, NV, December 17, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2024, 08:05 local time
- Place: Henderson, NV
- Airport: Henderson Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9729° N, 115.1344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENDERSON EXEC (HND), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9729&lon=-115.1344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N531EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N531EC) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241217020559I

## Narrative

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

ON 12/17/2024 1605Z LAS VEGAS, NV (HND): A CESSNA P210, WHILE TAXING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF NON-MOVEMENT AREA INTO A DITCH AND THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A CORNER FENCE POLE. ON 12/17/2024 ASI INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AFTER BEING MOVED, AND NON-MOVEMENT AREA WHERE INCIDENT OCCURRED. ASI NOTED DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING STOL KIT LEADING EDGE AND MINOR WRINKLING OF UPPER WING SKIN. NON-MOVEMENT AREA SHOWED SKID MARKS FROM BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRES. SKID MARKS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM END OF NON-MOVEMENT AREA ASPHALT, CONTINUING INTO DIRT. PILOT STATED HIS BRAKES WERE WEAK, ESPECIALLY RIGHT MAIN. PILOT ALSO STATED HE DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS COMING TO END OF "TAXIWAY" UNTIL TOO LATE. PILOT STATED HE WAS ON TAXIWAY ALPHA, CONTRADICTORY TO FORM 8020-9 AND ASI OBSERVATIONS OF BEING IN A NON-MOVEMENT AREA. AIRCAFT OPERATOR HAS SUBSEQUENTLY HAD REMEDIAL EDUCATION IN THE AREA'S OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND SAFETY CULTURE FOR GA PILOTS.

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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