# Accident 19901205062669A: Cessna 210L, New Haven, CT, December 5, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1990, 23:00 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Airport: Tweed-New Haven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FVAA
- Location: 41.2637° N, 72.8877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWEED/NEW HAVEN (HVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2637&lon=-72.8877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5280V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5280V-1992-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,066 total, 342 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901205062669A

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRICS. NO LIGHTS. ON LANDING HIT TRUCK. DRIVER WAS TRANSMITTING ON WRONG FREQUENCY. NO BEACON ON TRUCK.

## 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 NYC91LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA043), Dec 6, 1990: Cessna 210L (N5280V), New Haven, CT, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVER TO ADEQUATELY MONITOR THE RADIO/TRAFFIC PATTERN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, THE AIRCRAFT'S LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER AFTER ACTIVATING THE RUNWAY…

## Other reports on N5280V (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900604026209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900604026209I), Jun 4, 1990: Cessna 210L (N5280V), Pittsburgh, PA. Unsafe gear down light. Made go around. Used emergency extension procedures. Landed without incident.
- [Accident 19820604020759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820604020759A), Jun 4, 1982: Cessna 210L (N5280V), Wichita Falls, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climb out due to a broken piston pin. Too high for landing on runway, flipped over in a plowed field

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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