# Accident 19950426014539A: Cessna P210N, Dodge City, KS, April 26, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1995, 12:34 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7491° N, 100.0094° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7491&lon=-100.0094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4614K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4614K-2023-01-31) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950426014539A

## Narrative

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

LOUD ENGINE EXPLOSION AT FL160 AND POWER LOSS. LANDED WET WHEAT FIELD. BROKEN CONNECTING ROD DESTROYED ENGINE.

## 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 CHI95LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA137), Apr 26, 1995: Cessna P210N (N4614K), Dodge City, KS, minor damage. Probable cause: fatigue and subsequent catastrophic failure of the connecting rod originating from the decarburized area on the shank of the rod. Factors were the low cloud weather condition and the ditch.

## Other reports on N4614K (1)

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

- [Accident 20210928016439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210928016439A), Sep 28, 2021: Cessna P210N (N4614K), El Paso, TX, Substantial damage. On October 08, 2021, at 1502 MDT, a Cessna P210N, N4614K, [privacy data omitted], had the right main landing gear callapse while on landing rollout at El Paso…

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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