# Accident 20010611014389A: Cessna P210N, Honesdale, PA, June 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2001, 10:10 local time
- Place: Honesdale, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5697° N, 75.2506° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5697&lon=-75.2506&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
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250B17F2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010611014389A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON JUNE 11, 2001, ABOUT 1010 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A TURBINE-POWERED CESSNA P210N, N450M, WAS DESTROYED DURING A FORCED LANDING IN HONESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE TWO CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOTS AND THE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT, WHICH ORIGINATED AT SEAMANS FIELD (9N3), FACTORYVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE SALES DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING BROKERED BY O & N AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS, INC., WHICH WAS LOCATED AT SEAMANS FIELD. IN 1992, UNDER A SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE, O & N INSTALLED AN ALLISON 250-B1F2 ENGINE IN THE AIRPLANE AS PART OF A SILVER EAGLE CONVERSION, THEN SUBSEQUENTLY SOLD THE CONVERTED AIRPLANE TO THE CURRENT OWNER. ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT OF O & N, THE CURRENT OWNER, WHO OPERATED THE AIRPLANE AS A DELAWARE-BASED CORPORATION, HAD RECENTLY LOST HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, AND REQUESTED THAT O & N HANDLE THE AIRPLANE'S RESALE. (-23) AIRCRAFT N450M, A CESSNA 210-P210N, LEFT SEAMAN'S FIELD (N43) ON A DEMO FLIGHT ON JUNE 11, 2001, ABOUT 0845. DURING THIS FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT ENC                   OUNTERED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE LINE AND BOTH WINGS WERE TORN OFF AND THE FUSELAGE CAME TO REST 100 FEET FROM THE TREES. THE FUSELAGE BURNED DUE TO ACCIDENT.

## 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 NYC01FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA141), Jun 11, 2001: Cessna P210N (N450M), Honesdale, PA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: An improperly manufactured torquemeter gearshaft assembly, which resulted in gearshaft assembly failure, an N2 overspeed, and a subsequent uncontained engine failure.

## Other reports on N450M (1)

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

- [Accident 19991215044969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991215044969A), Dec 15, 1999: Cessna P210N (N450M), Bridgeville, DE, No damage. (-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…

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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