# Accident 19991215044969A: Cessna P210N, Bridgeville, DE, December 15, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1999, 07:25 local time
- Place: Bridgeville, DE
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8002° N, 75.5895° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8002&lon=-75.5895&mi=10
- Aircraft: N450M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N450M-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991215044969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE A/C STRUCK TREES ON DEPARTURE FROM A RAIN SOAKED GRASS RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED BY THE NEAREST FSS TO BE 800 FEET OVERCAST AND 1 MILE VISIBILITY. THE A/C SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE PILOT WILL BE RE-EXAMINED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC00LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA052), Dec 15, 1999: Cessna P210N (N450M), Greenwood, DE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to use full power for takeoff, which resulted in not obtaining a positive rate of climb and the inadvertent collision with trees. A factor was the fog.

## Other reports on N450M (1)

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

- [Accident 20010611014389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010611014389A), Jun 11, 2001: Cessna P210N (N450M), Honesdale, PA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (.19)On June 11, 2001, about 1010 eastern daylight time, a turbine-powered Cessna P210N, N450M, was destroyed during a forced landing in Honesdale,…

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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