# Accident 20040722015189A: Cessna T210L, Columbus, TX, July 22, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Columbus, TX
- Airport: Robert R Wells Jr Apt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6408° N, 96.5156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6408&lon=-96.5156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5118Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5118Q-2007-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 4 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA195) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040722015189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TAKE-OFF AND DID NOT CORRECT FOR TORQUE. AIRCRAFT LEFT RUNWAY PRIOR TO BECOMING AIRBORNE. ABORT WAS NOT PERFORMED. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO IMPACT DITCH AND INVERTED.

## 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 FTW04LA195](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA195), Jul 22, 2004: Cessna T210L (N5118Q), Columbus, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll and abort the attempted takeoff.

## Other reports on N5118Q (3)

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

- [Incident 19890119005669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890119005669I), Jan 19, 1989: Cessna T210L (N5118Q), Detroit Lakes, MN, Minor damage. Landed with the landing gear retracted. Pilot stated he was concerned by the weather and forgot to lower gear.
- [Accident 19860802036949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860802036949A), Aug 2, 1986: Cessna T210L (N5118Q), Elko, NV, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on flap retraction during rollout, ran off runway. Attempted go around, struck embankment.
- [Incident 19781021029389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781021029389I), Oct 21, 1978: Cessna 210 (N5118Q), Friday Harbor, WA, Minor damage. Pilot allowed the nose wheel to drop into a ditch during taxi.

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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