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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna P210N · Loa, UT · February 20, 2006

Date: February 20, 2006 · 10:00 local
Place: Loa, UT
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4760K
Reported as: Cessna P210N
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total1,400 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N4760KRegistered now · Cessna P210NS/N P21000291 Airframe modelCessna P210N

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While in cruise flight at 16,500 feet MSL pilot heard mufflered explosion followed by complete engine failure. Pilot was unable to restart engine and was directed by air traffic to an airport at Loa Utah. Pilot was unable to glide to the runway and elected to land gear up in field resulting in minor damage to the belly of the aircraft. Cause of power loss is unknown at this time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 16,500 FEET MSL PILOT HEARD MUFFLERED EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART ENGINE AND WAS DIRECTED BY AIR TRAFFIC TO AN AIRPORT AT LOA UTAH. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO THE RUNWAY AND ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP IN FIELD RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. CAUSE OF POWER LOSS IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.