# Incident 20010327004409I: Cessna 210L, Elizabeth City, NC, March 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2001, 14:25 local time
- Place: Elizabeth City, NC
- Airport: Elizabeth City Cg Air Station
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2606° N, 76.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELIZABETH CITY CG AIR STATION/RGNL (ECG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2606&lon=-76.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1759X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1759X-2016-08-23) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,540 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010327004409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED WILMINGTON, NC(ILM) AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 EST, HAVING FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO CALDWELL, NC(CDW). NORMAL TAKEOFF AND CRUISE FLIGHT ATTAINED. APPROX. 1 HOUR INTO FLIGHT (13:40 EST) A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN ENGINE NOISE LEVEL OCCURRED WITH ALL ENGINE INSTRUMENTS INDICATING COMPLETE POWER LOSS. PILOT ADVISED NORFOLK CENTER ATC THAT ENGINE POWER WAS LOST. CENTER ADVISED ELIZABETH CITY, NC(ECG) AIRPORT 15 MILES EAST OF POSITION. NORFOLK CENTER HANDED OFF TO ECG TOWER AND WAS ADVISED BY PILOT THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT. A/C LANDED GEAR UP IN A PLOWED FIELD WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE A/C. EVIDENCE OF FUEL WAS CONFIRMED BY WITNESSES ON SCENE SHORTLY AFTER LANDING. FUEL STATUS WAS CONFIRMED DURING INVESTIGATION. ON SITEINVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FUEL CONTROL MIXTURE CABLE HAD FAILED AT THE CABLE/ROD CONNECTION. SEVERE INTERNAL CORROSION WAS FOUND INSIDE THE HOUSING.

## Other reports on N1759X (1)

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

- [Incident 19930819035419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930819035419I), Aug 19, 1993: Cessna 210 (N1759X), Morristown, NJ, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Landed nose gear up. Nose gear door tabs became lodged against opposite nose gear door.

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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