# Accident 20030603015419A: Cessna 210E, Tallahassee, FL, June 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2003, 16:30 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regionall Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3844° N, 84.3503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3844&lon=-84.3503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2328F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2328F-2014-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030603015419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 3, 2003, AT 1630 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 210-E ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE ON THE GROUND AT TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT (TLH), TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR 2 PASSENGERS. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME.

## 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 MIA03LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA118), Jun 3, 2003: Cessna 210E (N2328F), Tallahassee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The arching of the battery electric wire which was chaffing against the main steel braided fuel hose resulting in fire in the engine compartment.

## Other reports on N2328F (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951104041889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951104041889I), Nov 4, 1995: Cessna 210E (N2328F), Jacksonville, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: on 11-04-95, on a VFR flight from decatur, IL to springfield, IL the nose gear failed to extend during the approach to capital airport, springfield,…
- [Incident 19941211045019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941211045019I), Dec 11, 1994: Cessna 210E (N2328F), Springfield, IL, Minor damage. Unable extend gear. Landed on sod adjacent to runway.
- [Accident 19791102033999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791102033999A), Nov 2, 1979: Cessna 210E (N2328F), Fairbanks, IN, Substantial damage. Engine lost power. Made emergency landing. Found exhaust system blocked. Prior record of power loss.

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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