# Incident 20011019029729I: Cessna T210N, Prescott, AZ, October 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2001, 06:45 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Ernest A Love Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N331CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N331CB) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 1,813 total, 957 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011019029729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT: ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2001, AT 6:45 AM, AT LOVE AIRFIELD IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, THE PLANE A CESSNA 210, N331CB, WAS TIED DOWN IN THE SECOND ROW OF THE TRANSIENT PARKING AREA. THE TRANSIENT PARKING AREA IS ON AN INCLINE. I UNTIED THE TWO WINGS, LEAVING THE TAIL STILL TIED AND WENT INSIDE THE TERMINAL TO PAY MY TRANSIENT OVERNIGHT FEE. WHEN I CAME OUT TO SERVICE THE PLANE, I RELEASED THE TAIL TIE, CHECKED THE OIL AND ADDED A QUART. SINCE IT WAS COLD, THE OIL RAN VERY SLOWLY AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO START THE ENGINE. AT THIS POINT, I HAD NOT TURNED ON THE RADIOS OR CHECKED WITH THE TOWER AS I WAS NOT READY TO LEAVE AND WAS STILL SERVICING THE PLANE. WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ON. I WAS CHECKING THE OIL PRESSURE WHEN I FELT THE PLANE BEGIN TO MOVE. IMMEDIATELY I STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND STEER THE PLANE. AT FIRST, I DID NOT REMEMBER THAT THE DAY BEFORE, WHEN I HAD PARKED THE PLANE, I HAD PLACED MY HEADSET IN ITS BLACK CASE ON THE FLOOR AGAINST THE PEDALS TO BE OUT OF SIGHT. AS THE SUN HAD NOT RISEN YET, THE BLACK CASE WAS NOT VISIBLE. BY THE TIME I REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING, MY RIGHT WING HAD HIT THE TAIL OF THE MERLIN PLANE PARKED JUST IN FRONT OF ME. THIS CAUSED MY PLANE TO SPIN AROUND INTO THE SIDE OF THE MERLIN WHERE MY PROPELLER HIT THAT PLANE'S DOOR.

## Other reports on N331CB (2)

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

- [Incident 20160527007959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160527007959I), May 27, 2016: Cessna T210N (N331CB), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot on approach to runway 11R was changed to runway 3. Pilot heard scratching and grinding noise. Pilot added full power for go-around. Pilot completed…
- [Incident 20130906020339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130906020339I), Sep 6, 2013: Cessna T210N (N331CB), Tucson, AZ, No damage. In an on scene interview, the pilot stated that he was returning to ktus from yuma, AZ. He was initially cleared for 11 l, but requested 21 because the winds…

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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