# Incident 20000109020709I: Cessna 210L, Sells, AZ, January 9, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2000, 11:35 local time
- Place: Sells, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9209° N, 111.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sells, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9209&lon=-111.8709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5234V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5234V-2019-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000109020709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT OF N5234V DEPARTED SAN FELIPE, MEXICO ENROUTE TO TUCSON, AZ, WHEN SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING THE BORDER INTO THE U.S. THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. DURING THE ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT WING HIT A CACTUS CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT REFUEL IN SAN FELIPE, MEXICO, AND DID NOT "DIP THE TANKS" TO SEE EXACTLY HOW MUCH FUEL HE HAD BEFORE DEPARTING FOR TUCSON.

## Other reports on N5234V (1)

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

- [Incident 19790524027539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790524027539I), May 24, 1979: Cessna 210L (N5234V), Rochester, NY, Minor damage. Zg zk zl zw zn gear up landing after gear would not extend. Hydraulic fluid was low.

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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