# Accident 19960807026039A: Cessna 2105, Muskogee, OK, August 7, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1996, 10:00 local time
- Place: Muskogee, OK
- Airport: Davis Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7479° N, 95.3697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Muskogee, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7479&lon=-95.3697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8139Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8139Z-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- Reported engine: CONT IO470S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 369 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA345) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960807026039A

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE EN ROUTE. TRIED FOR MKO. UNABLE, LANDED IN FIELD. HIT FENCE AND POSTS. FOUND FUEL CONTAMINATION. (-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM ANDERSON FIELD (PVT) NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR, TO GUTHRIE, OK, PILOT NOTIFIED FTW CENTER OF ROUGHT RUNNING ENGINE AND REQUESTED NEAREST AIRPORT. MUSKOGEE DAVIS WAS GIVEN. ENGINE QUIT AND AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF MUSKOGEE DAVIS IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE SOUTHEAST OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED FENCE AND GATE RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO BOTH WING STRUTS, PROP SPINNER AND LEADING EDGE OF L/H WING. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR THE TWO PASSENGERS.

## 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 FTW96LA345](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA345), Aug 7, 1996: Cessna 210-5 (N8139Z), Muskogee, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: loss of engine power due to fuel contamination. The lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing was a related factor.

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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