# Incident 20011101029529I: Cessna 210, Los Lunas, NM, November 1, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2001, 19:30 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Airport: Mid Valley Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7610° N, 106.7449° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MID VALLEY AIRPARK (E98), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7610&lon=-106.7449&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6394B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6394B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 357 total, 43 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011101029529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 2, 2001, AT 1930 MST, A CESSNA 210, N6394B, REGISTERED TO CABEZON LEASING LLC, MADE A FORCED LANDING ON NEW MEXICO STATE HIGHWAY 314 ADJACENT TO MID VALLEY AIRPARK (E98) AFTER LOSING POWER DURING A MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, NO FLIGHT PLAN OR WEATHER BRIEFING HAD BEEN INITIATED, NO DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED ON THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MID VALLEY AIRPARK IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, THE PILOT HAD CHECKED THE FUEL AND BELIEVED THERE WAS "ENOUGH FUEL TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT [HE] NEEDED". WHILE ON DOWNWIND, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED; WHILE TURNING FINAL, THE ENGINE QUIT COMPLETELY. THE PILOT DETERMINDE HE COULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY AND LANDED ON THE HIGHWAY. LOCAL POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND AFTER THEY COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE HANGAR AFTER WHICH THE PILOT DEPARTED THE AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N6394B (1)

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

- [Accident 20020426007479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020426007479A), Apr 26, 2002: Cessna 210 (N6394B), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. (.19) On April 26, 2002, at 1915 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 210 single-engine airplane, N6394B, sustained substantial damage during landing at the…

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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