# Incident 20050410031769I: Cessna T210N, Reynolds, IN, April 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2005, 17:30 local time
- Place: Reynolds, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7492° N, 86.8743° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reynolds, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7492&lon=-86.8743&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5130A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5130A) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 175 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050410031769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TAKEOFF IN A CULTIVATED FIELD. PILOT AND ASSISTANT PACKED THE TAKEOFF SURFACE WITH A TRUCK. RUNUP AND STATIC POWER CHECK WERE NORMAL. DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AS THE AIRCRAFT BECAME LIGHT ON THE GEAR, THE PILOT SENSED A LOSS IN TAKE OFF RPM AND ELECTED TO ABORT. IN ORDER TO AVOID WHAT PILOT PERCEIVED AS A WET AREA, THE PILOT TURNED OFF THE PACKED SURFACE INTO THE OPEN FIELD. NOSE OF AIRCRAFT DUG INTO A SOFT SANDY AREA AND NOSED DOWN. PROP WAS BENT AND NOSE GEAR SCISSORS BROKE. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA ^ INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT AND THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. INSPECTOR SUSPECTED METAL INGESTION. ENGINE AND PROP REPAIR SHOPS FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF METAL.

## Other reports on N5130A (5)

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

- [Incident 20211208020919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211208020919I), Dec 8, 2021: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Clewiston, FL, Minor damage. Part 91, operating a Cessna T210N, registration N5130A, serial number 21063280 with one pilot and one passenger on aboard aircraft overshot runway at Airglades…
- [Incident 20210506008139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210506008139I), May 6, 2021: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Boca Raton, FL, Minor damage. On may 6, 2021, at approximately 16:04 eastern standard time, Cessna T210N N5130A, registered to [privacy data omitted] west palm beach, FL on a 14 CFR 91…
- [Incident 20120629012829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120629012829I), Jun 29, 2012: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Summerland Key, FL, Minor damage. The pilot failed to select the landing gear position lever to the down position prior to landing. This caused a gear up landing.
- [Incident 20041218034759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041218034759I), Dec 18, 2004: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Reynolds, IN. (-23) The aircraft was enroute from kankakee, IL to kokomo, IN at 3500 feet on a VFR flight plan. Several minutes into the flight, there was a slight…
- [Incident 19810508029559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810508029559I), May 8, 1981: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Medford, WI, Minor damage. During taxi on soft taxi way prop struck the ground.

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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