# Incident 19990427021139I: Cessna T210L, Albuquerque, NM, April 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1999, 17:25 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59235, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59235-2013-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 80 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990427021139I

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1999, N59235, A CESSNA 210-T210L WAS DESCENDING FROM 10,500 MSL ON A FLIGHT FROM ALAMOGORDO, NM TO ALBUQUERQUE, NM. (ABQ), WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED PASSING THROUGH 9,000 MSL. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT ESTABLISHED A GLIDE AND PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES RESULTING IN A SUCCESSFUL ENGINE RESTART.  THE ACFT LANDED SAFELY IN ABQ.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TESTED AND TROUBLE SHOT THE ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM OVER A THREE DAY PERIOD.  HOWEVER, NOTHING WAS REVEALED TO EXPLAIN THE ENGINE STOPPAGE.  THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED DURING ENGINE RUN UPS ON THE GROUND.  A MAINTENANCE FLIGHT WAS ATTEMPTED THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1999, DURING WHICH THE ENGINE BEGAN SUFFERED PARTIAL FAILURE THAT RENDERED THE ACFT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY LANDING ENDED IN AN ACCIDENT.  THE TEST PILOT AND MECHANIC SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, BUT THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.  THE ACCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NTSB WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ABQ FSDO.  FILE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N59235 (1)

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

- [Accident 19990430020469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990430020469A), Apr 30, 1999: Cessna T210L (N59235), Albuquerque, NM, Destroyed. On April 30, 1999, approx. 1310 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 210L, N59235, was destroyed following loss of power and subsequent impact with terrain after…

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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