# Accident 19960426008799A: Cessna T210M, El Paso, TX, April 26, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1996, 14:30 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N724YY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 541 total, 33 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960426008799A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON BASE AT ELPASO. LANDED ON A STREET. COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK. ENGINE THREW A ROD THRU ENGINE CASE. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR, 15 MINUTES INTO ITS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT WHEN THE  ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH. PILOT CHECKED ENGINE GUAGES WITH NO PARTICULAR IRREGULARITIES. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MILES SE OF THE EL PASO AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A CURB WHICH SHEARED TEH NLG AND WENT BETWEEN A WOOD LIGHT PILE AND A CONCRETE DECORATIVE WALL. BOTH WING TIPS WERE SHEARED OFF AND THE TAIL SECTION WAS ALSO SHEARED OFF BY THE LIGHT POLE. AIRCRAFT ALSO CONTACTED A SMALL PICK-UP TRUCK AS IT CAME TO REST ON THE INTERSECTION OF YARBOUGH AND TRAWOOD.

## 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 FTW96LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA184), Apr 26, 1996: Cessna T210M (N724YY), El Paso, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: failure of the #2 cylinder connecting rod bolt due to oil starvation as a result of the shifting of the main bearing. A factor was the unsuitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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