# Accident 20021114037669A: Cessna 210L, Rochester, NY, November 14, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2002, 15:35 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1194° N, 77.6317° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1194&lon=-77.6317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2444S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2444S-2003-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021114037669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/14/02, AT 1735 LOCAL TIME, N2444S, A CESSNA 210L, CRASHED AND BURNED ON A BASEBALL FIELD LOCATED ON THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER CAMPUS. THE CRASH SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 28 AT THE ROCHESTER, NY AIRPORT (ROC). THE PILOT/OWNER, MR. RICHARD M. COLEMAN, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 112541689, WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT. MR. COLEMAN WAS INSTRUMENT RATED AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS OF TOTAL FLYING EXPERIENCE. THE FLIGHT LEFT ALLEGENY COUNTY AIRPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, (AGC), AT APPROXIMATELY 1635 LOCAL TIME AFTER FILING AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN AT 1611 LOCAL TIME WITH THE BUFFALO, NY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. THE AIRCRAFT HAD FULL FUEL AT TAKE-OFF. AT 1731 THE FLIGHT WAS CLEARED FOR A HIGH DESCENDING LEFT BASE TO RUNWAY 25 AT ROC. AT 1733 THE PILOT REPORTED LOSING ENGINE POWER AND WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. AT 1734 THE PILOT REPORTED GETTING ENGINE POWER BACK BUT WAS GOIND TO CRASH. AN ELT TRANSMISSION WAS NOTED 3 SECONDS LATER. THE ROC ASOS REPORTED WEATHER WAS WINDS 240 AT 06 KNOTS, 10 STATUTE MILES VISIBILITY, CEILING BROKEN AT 8,000, OVERCAST AT 9,500, TEMPERATURE 13 DEGREES C DEWPOINT 04 DEGREES C, ALTIMETER 29.84.

## 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 NYC03FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA020), Nov 14, 2002: Cessna 210L (N2444S), Rochester, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor in this accident was the night light condition which precluded the pilot's ability to adequately view suitable forced landing areas.

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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