# Incident 20030502011529I: Cessna T210F, El Dorado, KS, May 2, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2003, 17:10 local time
- Place: El Dorado, KS
- Airport: Captain Jack Thomas/El Dorado
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7741° N, 96.8176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado Airport (EQA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7741&lon=-96.8176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6128R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6128R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210F (registry code 2073422, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210F
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,310 total, 436 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030502011529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS PRACTICING CROSSWIND TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. PILOT REPORTED A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AND BLEW IT TO THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. GRASS AREA ON EDGE OF RUNWAY WAS VERY WET AND THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN WHEELS DUG IN. THE NOSEWHEEL WAS TORN OFF. PILOT REPORTS THAT HE ADDED POWER TO CLIMB OUT OF THE SITUATION BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO OVERCOME THE SOGGY GROUND. WITNESSES REPORT THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED BEFORE DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT FULL THROTTLE INPUT BY PILOT WAS NOT PRODUCING FULL POWER TO THE ENGINE. THIS FAILURE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EVIDENT IN A NORMAL PREFLIGHT. HOWEVER, THE MECHANICAL FAILURE IS SECONDARY TO THE CAUSAL FACTORS OF LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND FAILURE TO REJECT THE TAKEOFF.

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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