# Incident 19981026034029I: Cessna 210M, Marthas Vineyar, MA, October 26, 1998 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 26, 1998, 08:27 local time - Place: Marthas Vineyar, MA - Airport: Marthas Vineyard - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.3934° N, 70.6139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3934&lon=-70.6139&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1781M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1781M-2010-05-21) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520-L (registry code 17239, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-l) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M - Reported engine: CONT IO520L - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981026034029I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AT APPROXIMATELY 0910, THIS OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE FAA COMMUNICATIONS CENTER REGARDING A CESSNA 210 THAT LANDED IN A FIELD 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE MARTHAS VINEYARD AIRPORT DUE TO AN ENGINE FAILURE. I RESPONDED BY TRAVELING TO THE SITE VIA A COCKPIT ENROUTE ON CAPE AIR AND BEING PICKED UP AT THE AIRPORT BY SERGEANT MOORE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE, WHO THEN PROCEEDED TO TAKE ME TO THE LANDING SITE. ARRIVING AT THE SCENE VIA A DIRT ACCESS ROAD, THE AIRCRAFT, N1781M, WAS AT THE FAR END OF THE FIELD. INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE IF ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING. FUEL SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM THE FUEL BOWL, THE LEFT WING SUMP AND THE RIGHT WING SUMP. THE FUEL TAKEN FROM THE FUEL BOWL, WHICH IS THE LOWEST POINT IN THE FUEL SYSTEM, APPEARED TO HAVE A NOTICEABLE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND WATER. THE LEFT WING SUMP SAMPLE REVEALED A NOMINAL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND WATER. THE RIGHT WING SUMP WAS CLEAR. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONAL ITEMS CONCERNING THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOTED DURING THE PRELIMINARY INSPECTION FOR DAMAGE: TACHOMETER READING WAS 4192.9, FLAPS WERE FULL UP AND THE FLAP SWITCH WAS UP, MIXTURE WAS PUSHED IN TO FULL RICH, THROTTLE WAS PULLED OUT, THE PROP RPM WAS FULL INCREASE, IGNITION SWITCH WAS OFF, NAVIGATION LIGHT AND ANTI-COLLISION SWITCHES WERE ON, DIRECTIONAL BYRO INDICATED 0 DEGREES, COMM RADIO #1 WAS TUNED TO 121.4; COMM RADIO #2 WAS TUNED TO 121.5, NAV #1 AND #2 WERE TUNED TO 109.10, GEAR SWITCH WAS IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION, CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE ALL IN, ALTIMETER INDICATED 0 FEET, VSI INDICATED 0, NO ASCENT OR DESCENT, BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE VISUALLY CHECKED AND WERE FULL. AFTER COMPLETING AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE DUE TO THE EMERGENCY LANDING, A 'RAMP' (IN THE FIELD) INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THE FOLLOWING IRREGULARITIES WERE NOTED: THE EXHAUST PIPE HAD SOME CORROSION ON THE END OF THE PIPE, LEFT WING TIP IS MISSING THE NAV LIGHT/STROBE LIGHT ASSEMBLY, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOOR IS OFF CENTER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SMALL DENT IN THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE AILERON TRIM TAB HAS A SMALL CRACK RUNNING HORIZONTAL. UPON COMPLETION OF THE ABOVE RAMP INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, I RETURNED TO THE MARTHAS VINEYARD AIRPORT TERMINAL WHERE I INTERVIEWED THE PILOTIN COMMAND, MR. ROBERT WALSH. IT WAS AT THIS INTERVIEW THAT I GAVE M R. WALSH A "PILOT IN COMMAND STATEMENT" FROM TO FILLOUT. HE SAID THAT HE W OULD DO IT AT HOME. DURING THIS INTERVIEW, SERGEANT MOORE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE WAS PRESENT. MR. WALSH FURNISHED MEWITH HIS PILOT CERTIFI CATE AND HIS CURRENT MEDICAL (COPIES WERE MADE). MR.WALSH STATED THAT HE D EPARTED NANTUCKET ISLAND, MA. (ACK) AT APPROXIMATELY0800 AND SET OUT ON A VFR TRIP TO TETERBORO, NJ (TEB) WITH HIS WIFE AS THEONLY PASSENGER ON BOAR D. THIS ROUTE TOOK HIM OVER MARTHAS VINEYARD (MVY) AIRPORT AT 2600 FEET. APPROXIMATELY 18 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, MR. WALSH STATED THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE QUIT. MR. WALSH SELECTED A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF THE MARTHAS VINEYARD AIRPORT IN THE SMALL TOWN OFWEST TISBURY. MR. WALS H ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A INDICATION THAT THEREWAS A DROP IN RPM OR M ANIFOLD PRESSURE. HE DECLARED A "MAYDAY" AND PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY IN A FIELD OF GRASS. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1998, I TRAVELED TO NANTUCKET ISLAND AIRPORT AND MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OFMAINTENANCE OF GRAY LA DY AVIATION. MR. WALSH MET INSPECTOR AL PEYUS AND MYSELF IN ORDER TO INSPECT THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS OF CESSNA CE-210-M, REGISTRATION NUMBER N1781M. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ## Other reports on N1781M (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20000207000329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000207000329I), Feb 7, 2000: Cessna 210M (N1781M), Bessemer, AL. (-23) Pilot was flying a Cessna 210 for air carriers, inc. on a repositioning flight from albany, Georgia to valdosta, Georgia. The flight departed albany and… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.