# Incident 20050419006969I: Cessna 210L, Wauchula, FL, April 19, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2005, 21:36 local time
- Place: Wauchula, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FPIA
- Location: 27.5469° N, 81.8101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wauchula, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5469&lon=-81.8101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2263S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2263S-2011-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,360 total, 110 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050419006969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 19, 2005, AT 2136 EDT, A CESSNA 210, N2263S, OPERATED BY FLIGHT EXPRESS INC, A PART 135 ON DEMAND OPERATOR, EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE AT 5000 FEET AGL AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT WAUCHULA, FLORIDA (CHN). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TAMPA, FLORIDA (TPA) ON APRIL 19, 2005 AT 2122 EDT. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD FOR THE INTENDED CARGO FLIGHT TO OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOLLOWED TO A SAFE LANDING AT CHN BY N306SP WHO CONFIRMED THE LANDING AT 2145 HOURS. THE BIRD STRIKE RESULTED IN A BROKEN WINDSHIELD AND MAGNETIC COMPASS. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED.

## Other reports on N2263S (3)

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

- [Accident 20100609045039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100609045039A), Jun 9, 2010: Cessna 210L (N2263S), Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. On departure from Tampa international airport N2263S had to accomplish an off airport landing due to an engine failure. Upon inspection of the engine the…
- [Incident 19910123006839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910123006839I), Jan 23, 1991: Cessna 210L (N2263S), Eastover, SC, Minor damage. Engine failed in flight. Emergency landing in field. NR5 connecting rod had failed from lack of lubrication.
- [Incident 19850927068269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850927068269I), Sep 27, 1985: Cessna 210L (N2263S), Palatka, FL, Minor damage. Main gear appeared down but no green light. Landed with nose gear retracted. Gear door was binding.

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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