# Accident 20031221033339A: Cessna T210N, Marfa, TX, December 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2003, 16:40 local time
- Place: Marfa, TX
- Airport: Marfa Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3714° N, 104.0167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3714&lon=-104.0167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4689Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4689Y-2004-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 120 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031221033339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 21, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1640 CST LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT OF A CESSNA T210, N4689Y, LOST POWER AND SUBSEQUENTLY MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH OF MARFA AIRPORT (MRF) IN THE VICINITY OF MARFA, TEXAS. DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, LANDED HARD, SHEARED THE LANDING GEAR AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE RECEIVED BY THE PILOT OR THE TWO ACCOMPANYING PASSENGERS. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE 14 CFR IFR FLIGHT, WHICH ORIGINATED AT BAYTOWN AIRPORT (HPY), IN THE VICINITY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

## 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 FTW04LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA047), Dec 21, 2003: Cessna T210N (N4689Y), Marfa, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N4689Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19880710039969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880710039969I), Jul 10, 1988: Cessna T210N (N4689Y), Saint George, UT, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Pilot stated that gear safe lights on. No malfunction found.

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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