# Accident 20060414005929A: Cessna 210F, Slaton, TX, April 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2006, 14:55 local time
- Place: Slaton, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4397° N, 101.7192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4397&lon=-101.7192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1966S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1966S-2007-06-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210F (registry code 2073418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 140 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060414005929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 14, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 1455 CDT, N1966S, A CESSNA MODEL 210F, SERIAL NUMBER 210-58737, WAS DESTROYED BY A FIRE FOLLOWING AN INFLIGHT FIRE AND SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR SLATON, TEXAS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY AIRPARK (F82) NEAR LUBBOCK, TEXAS, HE HEARD A "POOF" COME FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, SMELLED AN ODOR CONSISTENT WITH AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, AND OBSERVED DARK GRAY SMOKE AND FLAMES AROUND HIS FEET. THE PILOT RESPONDED BY CHECKING THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS (NONE WERE POPPED) AND TURNING OFF THE ELECTRICAL MASTER SWITCH TO WHICH NO CHANGE WAS NOTED. THE PILOT THE ELECTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A RECENTLY BEDDED COTTON FIELD. APPROXIMATELY 110 FEET AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON A BEARING NEAR 172 DEGREES, THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THE AIRPLANE UNASSISTED. THE AIRPLANE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES A FEW MOMENTS LATER.

## 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 DFW06LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06LA104), Apr 14, 2006: Cessna 210F (N1966S), Lubbock, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: An in-flight electrical fire for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N1966S (1)

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

- [Accident 19740818034759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740818034759A), Aug 18, 1974: Cessna 210F (N1966S), Orlando, FL, Substantial damage. Plt thought he placed gr selector in dwn psn.

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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