# Accident 20020506008249A: Cessna T210N, Flagstaff, AZ, May 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2002, 15:25 local time
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport: Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1383° N, 111.6711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1383&lon=-111.6711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888GB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888GB-2003-11-08) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020506008249A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 6, 2002, AT 1525 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA T210N, N888GB, COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE FLAGSTAFF PULLIAM AIRPORT, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE PILOT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, ABOUT 1440. (-23) THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SDL AIRPORT AT AROUND 1440 MST AND ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WAS MAKING A NORMAL APPROACH INTO FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT. DURING THE TURN FROM BASE LEG TO FINAL THE PILOT NOTED THAT DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AT THE TIME HIS FLIGHT PATH WAS GETTING LOW. HE BEGAN TO APPLY POWER AND THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE TREES ABOUT 1100 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT TO PHOENIX FOR INSPECTION. THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY AND NO OTHER AIRWORTHINESS ISSUES WERE DISCOVERED. EARLY                                                                       MODELS OF THE CESSNA 210 HAD EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH VAPOR LOCK THAT COMPELLED CESSNA TO GENERATE SERVICE BULLETIN SB 81-33 WHICH WAS TO ADD A VENT LINE TO THE FUEL SYSTEM. THIS AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE THE SERVICE BULLETIN COMPLIED WITH IT, HOWEVER THIS AIRCRAFT WAS EXCLUDED FROM IT BY SERIAL NUMBER. CESSNA HAD CHANGED THE FUEL SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDED A LARGER REAR FUEL LINE.

## 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 LAX02LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA151), May 6, 2002: Cessna T210N (N888GB), Flagstaff, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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