# Incident 20060220001559I: Cessna P210N, Loa, UT, February 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2006, 10:00 local time
- Place: Loa, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4038° N, 111.6451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loa, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4038&lon=-111.6451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4760K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4760K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060220001559I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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