# Incident 20010916025639I: Cessna T210N, Liberal, KS, September 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2001, 14:55 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0461° N, 100.9277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberal, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0461&lon=-100.9277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5203A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5203A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010916025639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MAIN POWER CABLE FROM THE AIRCRAFT ALTERNATOR CHAFFED ON FIREWALL MAKDING CONTACT WITH FIREWALL AND SHORTED OUT AIRCRAFT ALTERNATOR. AIRCRAFT LANED AT LBL. AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED BY LYDON AIRCRAFT COMPANY AT LBL AND DEPARTED.

## Other reports on N5203A (1)

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

- [Accident 19850712031029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850712031029A), Jul 12, 1985: Cessna T210N (N5203A), College Station, TX, Substantial damage. Fuel exhaustion en route. Did not visually check tanks prior to flight. Landed on dirt road collapsing nose gear.

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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