# Accident 20020510018189A: Cessna 210, Westhampton Bea, NY, May 10, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2002, 09:49 local time
- Place: Westhampton Bea, NY
- Airport: The Francis S Gabreski Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8436° N, 72.6317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8436&lon=-72.6317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7482E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7482E-2002-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD02LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020510018189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 10, 2002 AT APPROX. 0945 A CESSNA 210, N7482E, S/N 57182, CRASHED SHORT OF WEST HAMPTON/GABRESKI AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING USED TO GIVE INSTRUCTION TO EDWARD PAGAN, PRIVATE PILOT, CERT# 79187625 BY INSTRUCTOR DAVID ZEIDLER, CERT# 1621196 FOR THE PURPOSES OF BEING CHECKED OUT IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED FRG EARLY TO PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO'S AT FOK AND HAD MADE 6 PREVIOUS TAKE OFF'S AND LANDINGS WITH NO PROBLEMS. ON THE SEVENTH ATTEMPT AS THE PLANE WAS TURNING ON TO FINAL THE STUDENT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT HAD LOST POWER AND HE INFORMED THE INSTRUCTOR WHO TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AT APPROXIMATELY 600' TO 700' ABOVE THE GROUND. HE SPOTTED A ROAD TO THE LEFT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON IT. THE AIRCRAFT HIT TREES APPROX. 100' SHORT OF THE ROAD AND CAME TO REST IN THE ROAD. IT WAS LAYING ON ITS RIGHT SIDE WITH THE OUTER PORTION OF THE RIGHT WING IN A TREE APPROX. 50' UP. THE LT WING WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE BY NONE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS IE. WIRES, CABLES ETC. THE LEADING EDGE SKIN WAS ON THE GROUND ABOUT 20' FROM THE TREE THE WING WAS IN. THE RT HORIZONTAL STAB AND ELEVATOR WERE ALSO BELOW THE SAME TREE THE WING WAS IN. THE PILOT HAD MINOR INJURIES (PAGAN) FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (ZEIDLER) HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES BUT IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. INTERVIEWS WITH MR. PAGAN AND MR. ZEIDLER WERE CONDUCTED. (SEE ATTACHED).

## 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 IAD02LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA049), May 10, 2002: Cessna 210 (N7482E), Westhampton Bch, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: 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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