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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 210N · Roanoke Rapids, NC · August 23, 2002

Date: August 23, 2002 · 20:45 local
Place: Roanoke Rapids, NC
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6619C
Reported as: Cessna 210N
Reported engine: Continental IO520*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,431 total815 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft was on a IFR flight plan from mao to rzz. The aircraft departed mao at approximately 2000 local time. 13 miles from rzz the pilot could see the airport and cancelled IFR, altitude at that time was 3,000 ft. approximately 9 miles from rzz the engine stopped producing power and altitude could not be held. The pilot declared an emergency and looked for a place to land, the aircraft would not make the airport (rzz). The pilot decided to land on I-95 (southbound lanes had less traffic). Flaps were lowered and gear was lowered. The aircraft landed, taxied to shoulder of road and the pilot and passengers safely egressed from the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM MAO TO RZZ. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MAO AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 LOCAL TIME. 13 MILES FROM RZZ THE PILOT COULD SEE THE AIRPORT AND CANCELLED IFR, ALTITUDE AT THAT TIME WAS 3,000 FT. APPROXIMATELY 9 MILES FROM RZZ THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER AND ALTITUDE COULD NOT BE HELD. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND, THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT (RZZ). THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND ON I-95 (SOUTHBOUND LANES HAD LESS TRAFFIC). FLAPS WERE LOWERED AND GEAR WAS LOWERED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED, TAXIED TO SHOULDER OF ROAD AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS SAFELY EGRESSED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.