# Accident 20030516010499A: Cessna P210N, Lewistown, MT, May 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Lewistown, MT
- Airport: Lewistown Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0492° N, 109.4667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0492&lon=-109.4667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4804P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030516010499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED ENGINE RAN ROUGH, THEN QUIT, ON DOWNWIND TO LEWISTOWN, MT (KLWT) RUNWAY 25. FORCED LANDING FELL SHORT OF PAVEMENT. GEAR, PROP AND KEEL DAMAGED WHEN NOSE WHEEL STRUCK 6" LEDGE FROM GROUND UP TO PAVEMENT AT THRESHOLD ON APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 25. HLN ADO NOTIFIED LWT AIRPORT MANAGER T CORRECT PAVEMENT PROBLEM. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON-SCENE BY HLN FSDO AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FOUND NO APPARENT PHYSICAL EXPLANATION FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE; FUEL CONTAMINATION CONSIDERED AS POSSIBLE CAUSE, BUT NO EVIDENCE FOUND. NTSB PLANS A MORE EXTENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE AND AIRCRAFT (DATE NOT YET SET).

## 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 SEA03LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA087), May 16, 2003: Cessna 210N (N4804P), Lewistown, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. The condition of the runway overrun was a factor.

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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