# Incident 20080220010629I: Cessna T210N, Buttonwillow, CA, February 20, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2008, 11:00 local time
- Place: Buttonwillow, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4092° N, 119.4407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buttonwillow, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4092&lon=-119.4407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54648, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54648-2011-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 1,730 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080220010629I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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