# Accident 20011209037679A: Cessna T210M, Monticello, AR, December 9, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2001, 10:51 local time
- Place: Monticello, AR
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6375° N, 91.8583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6375&lon=-91.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N317RG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N317RG-2002-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011209037679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DEC. 9, 2001, AT 1051 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA T210-M AIRPLANE, N317RG REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED A STEAM ROLLER AND A HIGHWAY DURING A FORCED LANDING AFTER A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR MONTICELLO, ARKANSAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 0900 FROM THE TERRELL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, TERRELL TEXAS.

## 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 FTW02FA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02FA054), Dec 9, 2001: Cessna T210-M (N317RG), Monticello, AR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The separation of the #2 connecting rod and subsequent catastrophic failure of the engine. A factor was the in-flight collision with a vehicle while maneuvering to a emergency landing area.

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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