# Accident 20020309004739A: Cessna T210N, Teterboro, NJ, March 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2002, 13:58 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8597° N, 74.0556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8597&lon=-74.0556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2BS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2BS-2013-02-21) (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: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020309004739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 9, 2002 AT 1357L THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TETERBORO AIRPORT (TEB) RUNWAY 6, ENROUTE TO MONTAUK (MTP). WITNESS REPORTS STATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 800 FEET AND LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A DESCENDING LEFT TURN BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT ROCKING ITS WINGS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY AT 1358L IN THE AREA BETWEEN RUNWAYS 19 AND 24 AND PARALLELING ROUTE 46, IN A FLAT, WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE WITH A HIGH VERTICAL DESCENT RATE. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 245 FEET AND BURST INTO FLAMES KILLING THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. CRASH INVESTIGATION FOUND THE FOAM FILTER ELEMENT FOR THE BRACKETT BA2405 AIR FILTER INGESTED INTO THE TURBO CHARGER INTAKE. THE FILTER FRAME WAS ALSO FOUND INSTALLED BACKWARDS. THIS IMPROPER INSTALLATION PLACED THE FILTER ELEMENT-RETAINING SCREEN OPPOSITE THE INDUCTION SIDE OF THE TURBO CHARGER ALLOWING THE ELEMENT TO BE INGESTED. THIS CAUSED AN UNRECOVERABLE POWER LOSS AND RESULTANT CRASH.

## 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 NYC02FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA068), Mar 9, 2002: Cessna T210N (N2BS), Teterboro, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Improper maintenance by other maintenance personnel, which resulted in the air filter element being sucked into and blocking the turbocharger inlet, and a subsequent power loss. Factors in 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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