# Incident 20050329006009I: Cessna T210N, Mesa, AZ, March 29, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2005, 16:10 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210WX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210WX-2013-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: TCM Cont TSIO-520 series (registry code 17060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/tcm-cont-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,100 total, 3,100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050329006009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT TOOK OFF RUNWAY 22L AND TURNED LEFT DOWNWIND. AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL THE ENGINE MADE POPPING NOISE AND IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER. THE PILOT HAD HIS HAND ON THE GEAR LEVER TO RETRACT THE GEAR JUST PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF POWER. HE NEVER INITIATED THE GEAR RETRACTION. HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS CLEARED TO ANY RUNWAY, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOO LOW TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SPOTTED AN OPEN FIELD APPROX 1/4 MILE TO THE SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY AND WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT DAMAGE IN THE OPEN FIELD. UPON REMOVING THE ENGINE COWL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT COUNTERWEIGHTS MOUNTED BETWEEN #1 & #2 CYL HAD DEPARTED THE CRANKSHAFT AND PUNCHED HOLES THRU THE UPPER CRANKCASE AS THEY DEPARTED THE ENGINE. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAGNETOS WERE BROKEN FROM THEIR MOUNTING FLANGES AS A RESULT OF THE ENGINE FAILURE, AND THE LEFT MAG DRIVE GEAR WAS FOUND IN THE UPPER ENGINE COWL AREA. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION USING THE HOLES PUNCHED IN THE UPPER ENGINE CASE IT WAS OBSERVED THAT ONE OF THE CRANKSHAFT COUNTERWEIGHT FLANGES WAS MISSING A PORTION OF THE FLANGE. THIS ENGINE HAD 1.8 HRS SINCE OVERHAUL.

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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