# Accident 20051216031809A: Cessna P210N, Stuart, FL, December 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2005, 10:20 local time
- Place: Stuart, FL
- Airport: Witham Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.1808° N, 80.2211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1808&lon=-80.2211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41805, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41805-2013-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051216031809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 16, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 1020 LOCAL, A CESSNA P210N REGISTRATION NUMBER N41805 IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 30 ON KSUA AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND UPRIGHT LYING ON THE RIGHT WINGTIP WITH THE RIGHT MAIN, AND NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE DEBRIS FIELD EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 221 FEET. THE FIRST GROUND SCAR (RIGHT WING TIP) WAS NOTED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 221 FEET FROM WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST OBSERVED GROUND SCAR (RIGHT WING TIP). IT WAS HERE (90 FOOT MARK) THAT THE PROPELLER DETACHED FROM THE ENGINE COMING TO REST NEAR THE EMPENNAGE APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT. DETACHMENT OF THE PROPELLER WAS DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE PROPELLER RETAINING BOLTS AT IMPACT. UPON ARRIVAL, THE AIRPORT MANAGER ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED THAT THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE AND MAGNETOS WERE RE-POSITIONED TO OFF DURING THE RESCUE. THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED AT THIS TIME AS WELL. ORIGINAL POSITIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS: RIGHT FUEL TANK SELECTED AND BOTH FOR THE MAGNETOS. THERE WAS A POST CRASH FIRE NEAR THE ENGINE FIREWALL.

## 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 MIA06CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA031), Dec 16, 2005: Cessna 210 (N41805), Stuart, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent collision with terrain.

## Other reports on N41805 (1)

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

- [Incident 19970403011289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970403011289I), Apr 3, 1997: Cessna P210N (N41805), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft landed gear up. Gear handle found in up position.

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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