# Accident 20050709015939A: Cessna 210E, Lacygne, KS, July 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2005, 10:50 local time
- Place: Lacygne, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1283° N, 94.7481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1283&lon=-94.7481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4933U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4933U-2006-06-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,580 total, 877 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050709015939A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED K34 ENROUTE TO 2K2. PILOT STATED THAT HE SET CRUISE POWER AFTER LEVELLING OFF AT 7500 FEET MSL, AT WHICH POINT THE ENGINE SLOWED TO IDLE POWER. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER CLOSING AND RE-OPENING THE THROTTLE THE ENGINE RESPONDED BRIEFLY, THEN RETURNED TO IDLE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT OF THIS PROCEDURE RESULTING IN NO EFFECT. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED THIS PROCEDURE ONE FINAL TIME, AT WHICH POINT THE THROTTLE PULLED OFF IN HIS HAND. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE COU AFSS AND REQUESTED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GLIDE TO K81 AIRPORT AND ELECTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORN FIELD WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 CHI05LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA178), Jul 9, 2005: Cessna 210E (N4933U), La Gygne, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the throttle control cable which resulted from wear followed by fatigue cracking. A factor associated with the accident was the corn crop which the airplane contacted during the forced…

## Other reports on N4933U (1)

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

- [Incident 19940224008869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940224008869I), Feb 24, 1994: Cessna 210E (N4933U), Grain Valley, MO, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. 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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