# Accident 20031130033599A: Cessna T210K, Deming, NM, November 30, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2003, 13:35 local time
- Place: Deming, NM
- Airport: Deming Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2622° N, 107.7206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2622&lon=-107.7206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81PC-2004-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210K (registry code 2073447, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031130033599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 30, 2003 AT 1335 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA MODEL T210, (N81PC), REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED BY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED A FENCE FOLLOWING AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED OWNER WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14 CFR PART 91 AND HAD DEPARTED OAKLAND, CA (OAK) ENROUTE TO DEMING, NM (DMN).

## 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 DEN04LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04LA025), Nov 30, 2003: Cessna T210K (N81PC), Deming, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision. Factors contributing to the accident were fuel exhaustion and the fence.

## Other reports on N81PC (1)

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

- [Accident 19760808025939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760808025939A), Aug 8, 1976: Cessna T210K (N81PC), Novato, CA, Substantial damage. Gusting to 15K.

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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