# Incident 19990722029369I: Cessna 210E, Mena, AR, July 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mena, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5826° N, 94.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mena, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5826&lon=-94.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4910U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4910U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990722029369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 22, 1999, AT 2100Z, A CESSNA 210E, N4910U, REGISTERED TO PEGASUS OF BATESVILLE, INC AND OPERATED BY MR. TIMMERMAN, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO MEMPHIS CENTER DUE TO EXCESSIVE ELEVATOR FLUTTER/VIBRATION DURING CRUISE ENROUTE TO FORT WORTH (FTW). THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS FIRST INDICATION OF THIS PROBLEM WAS THE INABILITY TO TRIM THE AIRCRAFT FOR NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT.  THE ELEVATOR TRIM WAS MOVED TO MAXIMUM NOSE POSITION DOWN AND FORWARD PRESSURE WAS REQUIRED TO KEEP AIRCRAFT LEVEL.  PILOT RETURNED TO MENA AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB BRACKET FRACTURED.  THE TRIM TAB ACTUATOR WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO STRUCTURE WHICH CAUSE THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB TO FLUTTER IN FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N4910U (1)

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

- [Incident 19950311009639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950311009639I), Mar 11, 1995: Cessna 210 (N4910U), Mena, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 11, 1995, CE-210, N4910V, made a gear up landing at Mena, Arkansas (39). The pilot stated that he deviated from his normal…

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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