# Accident 19940810021499A: Cessna 210A, Hampton, SC, August 10, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1994, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hampton, SC
- Airport: Hampton-Varnville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8680° N, 81.1101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hampton, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8680&lon=-81.1101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6601X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6601X-1998-01-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 487 total, 74 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL94LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940810021499A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. COLLIDED WITH TOWERS AND HOUSES ON FORCED LANDING. WATER IN FUEL. WRINKLES IN BLADDER TANKS

## 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 ATL94LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA155), Aug 10, 1994: Cessna 210A (N6601X), Varnville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: WATER CONTAMINATION IN THE FUEL THAT RESULTED FROM INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR WAS THE ROUGH TERRAIN AT THE LANDING SITE.

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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