# Incident 20020924025579I: Cessna P210N, Gadsden, AL, September 24, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2002, 12:00 local time
- Place: Gadsden, AL
- Airport: Gadsden Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0143° N, 86.0066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gadsden, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0143&lon=-86.0066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N236P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N236P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020924025579I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT (N236P) DEPARTED DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, (RBD) FOR ATLANTA, GEORGIA. (PDK) VFR AND CLIMBED TO 17,500 FEET FOR THE TRIP. APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES WEST OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED BELOW THE GREEN ARC. THE CYLINDER HEAD TEMPERATURE WAS NORMAL, THE ENGINE TACHOMETER READING WAS NORMAL, AND MANIFOLD SUCTION PRESSURE WAS NORMAL. THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO GADSDEN AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER DURING THE DESCENT THE OIL PRESSURE CONTINUED DROPPING SIGNIFICANTLY. SIX (6) MILES FROM THE GADSDEN AIRPORT THERE WAS A LARGE EXPLOSION IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THE LEFT WINDSHIELD WAS COATED WITH OIL, AND 30 SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE SEIZED. AT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 MSL (1,400 ASL) AND DESCENDING, THE SINGLE-ENGINE CESSNA 210 GLIDED ON TO A COUNTY ROAD U.S. 11, SOUTH OF ETOWAH COUNTY, ALABAMA ON A HEADING OF 030-5 MILES SOUTH WEST GADSDEN AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONLY THE PIC ON BOARD, THERE WAS NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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