Cessna T210L accident near Addison, Texas, August 14, 2000
On August 14, 2000 at about 3:04 pm local time, a Cessna T210L, registered N59287, was substantially damaged in an accident near Addison, Texas (Addison airport). It was a business flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
the electrical wire bundle fire during approach, which tripped the hydraulic motor circuit breaker resulting in collapse of the landing gear on landing.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 14, 2000 · about 3:04 pm local time · cases in 2000
- Place
- Addison, Texas · Addison · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna T210L · all T210Ls on the register
- Registration
- N59287 · no longer on the register · serial 21060191
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
While on short final for runway 15, smoke flowed from under the instrument panel. The pilot could not see or breath and declared an emergency to the air traffic control tower. The pilot tried to vent the cabin, but still could not see or breath. He placed the landing gear handle in the down position and continued with the landing. Prior to landing, the tower controller advised the pilot that the airplane's landing gear was extended but not fully down. The pilot landed the airplane, the landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to rest on the east side of the runway. An examination of the cockpit, by an FAA inspector, revealed that a wire bundle under the instrument panel on the copilot's side had heat and fire damage. The fire damage was confined to the wire bundle. Additionally, the hydraulic motor circuit breaker was found popped.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,008 hours in all; 395 in this make and model; 61 in the last 90 days; 28 in the last 30 days; 1,008 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,500 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection; 20 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 3,800 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental TSIO-520-R (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: TKI Mckinney TX at 2:50 pm
- Destination: ADS
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 15, 7,202 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 187°F (86°C), dew point 145°F (63°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 3:04 pm from ADS
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N59287 the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N59287: not on the register today · the record of its deregistration
- Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion 1,280 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Cessna 72,677 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Continental TSIO-520-R 22 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Addison Airport · nearest airport
- Mckinney Ntl Airport · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,244 since 1982 · 1,063 in the last ten years
- Texas 29,976 aircraft registered
- Other NTSB records under N59287 1 records · the number may have belonged to another aircraft at the time
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/FTW00LA231.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.