# Incident 19990131000919I: Cessna T210M, Moorhead, MN, January 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1999, 12:45 local time
- Place: Moorhead, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8647° N, 96.7446° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moorhead, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8647&lon=-96.7446&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732XL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N732XL) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 500 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990131000919I

## Narrative

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

ACFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE AT FL170. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING BY SWITCHING FUEL TANKS. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. AT AN ALTITUDE OF 15,000 FT. THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT TRYED TO RESTART ENG. BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT ( MOORHEAD MN) SO PILOT MADE LANDING ON COUNTY ROAD. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF ROAD AND NOSE GEAR STRUT BROKE OFF, LT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED AND LT WING TIP STRUCK GROUND. NO INJURIES OCCURIED. AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM SCENE AND HAULED TO MOOREHEAD ARIPORT, FUEL TANKS WERE CHECKED FOR DUEL AND BOTH TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE EMPTY. FARGO FSDO INSPECTOR WAS ON SCENE OF ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N732XL (2)

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

- [Incident 20051118028349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051118028349I), Nov 18, 2005: Cessna T210M (N732XL), Provo, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Before departing slc when the pilot turned on the master switch the generator switch did not go to the on position. The aircraft was on battery during…
- [Incident 20030818019599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030818019599I), Aug 18, 2003: Cessna T210M (N732XL), Spanish Fork, UT, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot, ken burrows, was receiving flight instruction from c. dwight vance. They had been practicing instrument approaches and had made nine (9)…

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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