# Accident 20030123000629A: Cessna 210, Clarence, IA, January 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2003, 20:00 local time
- Place: Clarence, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8847° N, 91.1531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8847&lon=-91.1531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6572X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6572X-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030123000629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, STOPPED IN DAVIS, MISSOURI, FOR FUEL. REFUELED AGAIN IN KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, AND DEPARTED FOR WISCONSIN. AFTER APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH THEN QUIT. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING IN A CORNFIELD NEAR CLARENCE, IOWA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS REPORTED. INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT HAD BROKEN BETWEEN CYLINDERS TWO AND THREE. NTSB IS GOING TO PERFORM METALLURGICAL TESTS ON THE ENGINE.

## 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 CHI03LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA059), Jan 24, 2003: Cessna 210 (N6572X), Clarence, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the crankshaft for undetermined reasons. Factors associated with the accident were the rough terrain on which the forced landing was made and the night conditions.

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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