# Accident 20050729016809A: Cessna T210N, Muscle Shoals, AL, July 29, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2005, 16:50 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Muscle Shoals Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7453° N, 87.6103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7453&lon=-87.6103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9501Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9501Y-2005-12-02) (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*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050729016809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 29, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1650 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA T210, N9501Y, APPROACHING MUSCLE SHOALS/NORTHWEST ALABAMA REGIONAL AIRPORT, IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT HAD RADIO CONTACT WITH ANOTHER PILOT IN THE AREA STATING THAT HE WAS 4 MILES EAST AND ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 29. WITNESS STATEMENTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY CONCLUDE THAT THE AIRPLANE MADE CONTACT WITH A POWER LINE THAT CROSSES A COTTON FIELD WHERE THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE. THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND FIRST CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO FLIP ON IT'S NOSE SHATTERING THE PROPELLER HUB AND LEAVING 2 OF THE 3 PROP BLADES IN THE GROUND, AND FORCING THE AIRPLANE OVER ON IT'S TOP, WHERE IT BURST INTO FLAMES TOTALLY DESTROYING THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WAS DAMAGED TO A POINT WHERE THE EXACT CONTACT POINT OF THE POWER LINE ON THE AIRPLANE WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE, ALTHOUGH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS IN THE UP POSITION, AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. COULD NOT DETERMINE IF THE IMPACT CAUSED THE GEAR POSITIONS OR IF THE RIGHT MAIN WAS THE IMPACT POINT OF THE POWER LINE. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ABOUT 200 YARDS FROM THE POWER LINES.

## 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 ATL05LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA137), Jul 29, 2005: Cessna T210 (N9501Y), Muscle Shoals, AL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout, and failure to maintain clearance, which resulted in an in flight collision with a transmission wire.

## Other reports on N9501Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19831024068379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831024068379I), Oct 24, 1983: Cessna T210M (N9501Y), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Landing gear failed to retract on climbout. Nose gear collapsed landing. Nose gear door damaged and bolt missing.

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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