# Accident 20031116032759A: Cessna T210M, Tolar, TX, November 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2003, 08:40 local time
- Place: Tolar, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3683° N, 97.8681° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3683&lon=-97.8681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777SG-2006-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 40 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA022) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031116032759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 16, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:40 AM LOCAL CST, A CESSNA CE-210-T210M AIRCRAFT, N777SG, OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT AND CAUSED FATAL INJURIES TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. N777SG DEPARTED GRANBURY AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30 AM LOCAL CST ENROUTE TO STEPHENVILLE. APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 MINUTES LATER THE PILOT RADIOED HER HUSBAND, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO WAS IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND IN GRANBURY, AND REPORTED THAT SHE WAS RUNNING INTO FOG AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING POWER. SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS TURNING AROUND AND COMING BACK TO GRANBURY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT MOMENTS LATER, HIS WIFE REPORTED THAT SHE HAD LOST POWER AND WAS GOING DOWN IN THE FOG. A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5 NM SOUTHWEST OF THE GRANBURY AIRPORT, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45 PM LOCAL CST. AN ENGINE TEAR-DOWN SHOWED NO APPARENT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. CONTINUITY OF THE FUEL SYSTEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY FIRE.

## 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 FTW04FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA022), Nov 16, 2003: Cessna 210M (N777SG), Tolar, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper pre-flight planning and loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the fog.

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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