# Accident 20060308004109A: Cessna 210, Jessup, GA, March 8, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2006, 17:30 local time
- Place: Jessup, GA
- Airport: Jessup-Wayne County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N6540X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6540X-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060308004109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED FROM SSI ENROUTE TO PDK AND LEVELED OFF AT APPROX. 6000FT. AFTER APPROX 5 MINUTES HE NOTICED THAT ENGINE RPM'S HAD DROPPED TO 2300RPM FROM 2450 AND HE WAS UNABLE TO ADJUST THE RPM UPWARD WITH THE THROTTLE. HE THEN NOTICED THAT THE EDM ENGINE ANALYZER INDICATED A PROBLEM WITH THE #2 CYLINDER AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE NOTICED A VIOLENT VIBRATION FROM THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE CEASED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH JAX CENTER AND ATTEMPTED TO DIVERT TO JES. UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE JESUP AIRPORT, HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE TREES NEAR A RESIDENCE IN JESUP. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND THERE WERE NO OTHERS ONBOARD. PILOT WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE WAYNE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. INVESTIGATION OF ENGINE FAILURE IS ONGOING AT THIS TIME.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N6540X (1)

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

- [Incident 19890630051229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890630051229I), Jun 30, 1989: Cessna 210 (N6540X), Fort Collins, CO, Minor damage. While practicing touch and go landing pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed with gear up. Gear horn worked.

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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