# Incident 19980131000799I: Cessna 210F, Death Valley, CA, January 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1998, 16:30 local time
- Place: Death Valley, CA
- Airport: Death Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1868F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1868F-2025-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210F (registry code 2073418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980131000799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED POWER HESITATION ON TAKE-OFF ROLL AND ABORTED TAKE-OFF. INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING TO STOP. RAN OFF THE END OF RUNWAY. POWER HESITATION IS UNEXPLAINED, AIRCRAFT OWNER IS IN PROCESS OF HAVING ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM INSPECTED TO DETERMINE CAUSE.

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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