# Accident 20040817018449A: Cessna T210L, Tulsa, OK, August 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2004, 17:13 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0278° N, 95.9947° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0278&lon=-95.9947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2452S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2452S-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,473 total, 750 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040817018449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OF N2452S DEPARTED R.L. JONES, (RVS) AIRPORT, JENKS, OKLAHOMA, ON RUNWAY 19R, VFR. PILOT CONTACTED ATC, REPORTED SMALL OIL LEAK AND REQUESTED TO LAND. ATC WAS IN CONTACT WITH PILOT UP TO TIME OF A REPORT BY ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, SPARTAN 25, STATING THAT THE PLANE HAD CRASHED.

## 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 SEA04FA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04FA165), Aug 17, 2004: Cessna T210L (N2452S), Tulsa, OK, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection by his failure to secure the oil cap, which resulted in oil leakage on the windscreen, obstructing his vision, and his failure to maintain adequate…

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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