# NTSB CEN12CA392: Cessna P210N, N7588K, Detroit, MI, June 8, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 8, 2012, 14:08 local (18:08 UTC)
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Coordinates: 42.409168, -83.010002 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4092&lon=-83.0100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 2012
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84078
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12CA392
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84078/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84078
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA392

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper landing flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 21 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, during the landing he flared high and the airplane landed on the nose landing gear. The airplane bounced and landed again on the nose landing gear, which subsequently collapsed. The airplane skidded to a stop on the runway. Postaccident examination showed the firewall and fuselage were buckled and bent. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal flight.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, during the landing he flared too high and the airplane landed on the nose landing gear. The airplane bounced and then landed again on the nose landing gear, which subsequently collapsed. The airplane skidded to rest upright on the runway. Postaccident examination showed the firewall and fuselage were buckled and bent. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal flight.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7588K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7588K-2019-12-03), registration cancelled 2019-12-03, S/N P21000414 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P21000414
- Airframe hours: 3798
- Engines: RAM IO-520 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: On File
- Registered owner: On File
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 11, 2011
- Departed: SAW, Marquette, MI
- Destination: DET, Detroit, MI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: DET, Coleman A. Young Muni, runway 33, 5,090 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 86; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 2,862 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20120608013659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120608013659A), Jun 8, 2012: Cessna P210N, Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. On June 8, 2012, the pilot-in-command initiated an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight from the sawyer airport in marquette, MI (ksaw) to the coleman a.…

## Other investigations on N7588K (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 CHI94LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA146), May 3, 1994: Cessna P210N (N7588K), Bay City, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND NOT FOLLOWING THE AIRPLANE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST AND THE DELAY IN LANDING GEAR EXTENSION.

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 3, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84078. 905 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 853 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40371755&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Record of Conversation - FAA Inspector (item 2, .PDF, 52 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40371818&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20FAA%20Inspector-Master.PDF

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.

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