# Accident 19970706016939A: Cessna P210N, Destin, FL, July 6, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1997, 09:00 local time
- Place: Destin, FL
- Airport: Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4005° N, 86.4902° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4005&lon=-86.4902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222WE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222WE-2018-01-12) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970706016939A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. DITCHED IN GULF. HOLE IN INDUCTION ELBOW BUT DID NOT CAUSE POWER LOSS. (-23) ON 6 JULY 1997, AT 0900 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA P210N, N222WE LANDED IN THE WATER FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY LOSS OF POWER AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE DESTIN/FORT WALTON BEACH AIRPORT IN DESTIN, FLORIDA. THIS WAS A PERSONAL FLIGHT OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 UNDER AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACTING THE WATER AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET ALTITUDE. HE ADJUSTED POWER TO CLIMB POWER AND THE ENGINE SURGED AND THEN LOST POWER TO APPROXIMATELY 1500 RPM. HE THEN LANDED WITH MINIMAL POWER APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM SHORE.

## 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 ATL97LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA099), Jul 6, 1997: Cessna P210N (N222WE), Destin, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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