# Incident 20080426842249I: Cessna P210N, Wetumpka, AL, April 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2008, 22:55 local time
- Place: Wetumpka, AL
- Airport: Wetumpka Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5273° N, 86.3310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WETUMPKA MUNI (08A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5273&lon=-86.3310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4967K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4967K) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,231 total, 2,646 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080426842249I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL, 26 2008, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED DESTIN, FL, DTS, AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 CDT, ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO NASHVILLE, TN BNA, IN CE-21-, N4967K.  AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 CDT, DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 9000 FT, APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILES NORTHWEST OF WETUMPKA AIRPORT, 08A, THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND THE PILOT REQUESTED VECTORS FROM MONTGOMERY APPROACH TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  ATC PROVIED VECTORS TO 08A UNTIL THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPORT INSIGHT AND CANCELLED IFR.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE FAILED RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING IN THE SOD AREA BETWEEN THE TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY 9/27.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND LANDING GEAR.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4967K (2)

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

- [Incident 19910929054059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910929054059I), Sep 29, 1991: Cessna P210N (N4967K), Auburn, CA, Minor damage. Nose landing gear collapsed on landing rollout. Found landing gear actuator had failed.
- [Incident 19811014073289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811014073289I), Oct 14, 1981: Cessna P210N (N4967K), Henderson, LA, Minor damage. Engine and electrical failure due fire from hole in number 6 cylinder exhaust stack caused forced landing.

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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