20080220010629I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210N · Buttonwillow, CA · February 20, 2008

Date
February 20, 2008 · 11:00 local
Place
Buttonwillow, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N54648
Reported as
Cessna T210N
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520R
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,700 total1,730 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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) On feb 20, 2008, at approximately 0830 N54628, a Cessna T210N piloted by privacy data omitted departed stockton CA (stk) to conduct surveillance and photography of land located east of Buttonwillow CA. During this flight at the altitude of 700' the pilot stated that the engine began to run rough, the pilot switched the fuel tanks from the lt tank to the rt tank, the engine quit running. The pilot completed an emergency landing 1/4 mile from hwy 58. During the landing the aircraft settled perpendicular to the plowed furrows, breaking off the nose gear and coming to rest on the nose gear doors. The pilot and the one passenger on board were not injured with minor damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEB 20, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 N54628, A CESSNA T210N PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED STOCKTON CA (STK) TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE AND PHOTOGRAPHY OF LAND LOCATED EAST OF BUTTONWILLOW CA. DURING THIS FLIGHT AT THE ALTITUDE OF 700' THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, THE PILOT SWITCHED THE FUEL TANKS FROM THE LT TANK TO THE RT TANK, THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. THE PILOT COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY LANDING 1/4 MILE FROM HWY 58. DURING THE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLOWED FURROWS, BREAKING OFF THE NOSE GEAR AND COMING TO REST ON THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. THE PILOT AND THE ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.