# Accident 20060521008739A: Cessna P210N, Weslaco, TX, May 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2006, 14:55 local time
- Place: Weslaco, TX
- Airport: Mid Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1595° N, 97.9810° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1595&lon=-97.9810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731RR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731RR) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060521008739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY LANDED IN A FIELD ON 600 PARK PLACE DRIVE IN WESLACO, TEXAS DUE TO LOSS OF POWER FROM FUEL STARVATION. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE, LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS INCLUDING PROPELLER STRIKE. FUEL SYSTEM WAS NOT DAMAGED IN ACCIDENT.

## 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 DFW06CA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA134), May 21, 2006: Cessna P210N (N731RR), Weslaco, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight planning. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain available to the pilot for the forced…

## Other reports on N731RR (2)

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

- [Incident 20000630034679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000630034679I), Jun 30, 2000: Cessna P210N (N731RR), Edinburg, TX. (-23)At approximately 0820 on June 30, 2000, [privacy data omitted] , was the pilot-in-command of the Cessna 210-P, N731RR. The IFR fligth was enroute from san…
- [Accident 19860813040079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860813040079A), Aug 13, 1986: Cessna P210N (N731RR), Altus, OK, Destroyed. Engine failed en route. Vectored to a closed airport. Landed in a field and flipped over. Crankshaft broken.

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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