# Incident 19971008038409I: Cessna T210M, Valle, AZ, October 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1997
- Place: Valle, AZ
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6536° N, 112.1385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valle, AZ, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6536&lon=-112.1385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6241B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6241B-2002-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 80 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971008038409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: VFR FLIGHT GCN TO DVT CLIMBING THROUGH 9,000 MSL A BANG WAS HEARD, THE PROP STARTED TO OVERSPEED. CONTROL OF THE PROP WAS RE-ESTABLISHED BUT POWER COULD NOT BE REGAINED. FORCED LANDING PROCEDURES WERE INITIATED. LANDING WAS SAFELY ACCOMPLISHED (NORTH TO SOUTH) ON HIGHWAY 64 WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 3NM EAST OF US AT THE TIME OF ENGINE TROUBLE. AIRCRAFT WAS SAFELY SECURED ALONGSIDE ARIZONA STATE ROUTE 64. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED PROP GOV. SEIZED, GOV DRIVE GEAR SHEARED, PROP WENT TO LOW PITCH HIGH RPM. NO NMAC FILED. NO VIOLATION REPORT. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6241B (2)

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

- [Incident 20010402005819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010402005819I), Apr 2, 2001: Cessna T210M (N6241B), Monument Valley, UT, Minor damage. (-23)The a/c was conducting a sight seeing flight and approaching to land at Monument Valley, Utah airport. The pilot forgot to lower the landing gear while…
- [Incident 19910427019069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910427019069I), Apr 27, 1991: Cessna T210M (N6241B), Scottsdale, AZ. Aircraft blown off runway on crosswind landing. Added power and took off. Flew to another airport. Landed safely.

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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