# Accident 20041214033399A: Cessna T210N, Covington, LA, December 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2004, 11:35 local time
- Place: Covington, LA
- Airport: Greater St. Tammany Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4444° N, 89.9936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4444&lon=-89.9936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4873C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4873C-2005-12-13) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,460 total, 700 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041214033399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED GULFPORT, MS ENROUTE TO LAKE CHARLES LA, IFR, IN A 1979, CE-210-T210N, N4873C WITH ONE PASSENGER. THIRTY MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF, AT 6000 FT THE PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE MSY ATC, THEN AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER, AND CONTACT WITH MSY ATC. PILOT TRIED TO FIND THE NEAREST AVAILABLE AIRPORT, ST. TAMMANY AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE WOODS AND CAUGHT FIRE, 100 YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT DESTROYED WITH TWO FATALS.

## 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 DFW05FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA038), Dec 14, 2004: Cessna T210N (N4873C), Abita Springs, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Also causal was the pilot's improper in-flight emergency planning when he misjudged his available altitude and made a 360 degree turn away from the…

## Other reports on N4873C (1)

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

- [Incident 19820902048769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820902048769I), Sep 2, 1982: Cessna 210N (N4873C), Ruidoso, NM, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.

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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