# Accident 20080523839819A: Cessna P210N, Grand Canyon C, AZ, May 23, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2008, 18:41 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon C, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5361° N, 113.2422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5361&lon=-113.2422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4753K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4753K-2009-11-20) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,090 total, 2,018 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA153) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080523839819A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GCN ENROUTEE TO IFP, AT APPROXIMATELY 16,000 FEET THE PILOT NOTED MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPING, LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION AND ENGINE RPM DECREASING.  THE PILOT TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMPS AND SWITCHED TANKS IN AN EFFORT TO REGAIN ENGINE POWER.  ALL ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC OF THE ENGINE FAILURE AND WAS GIVEN A HEADING TOWARDS THE PEACH SPRINGS AIRPORT (L37).  DUE TO STRONG HEADWINDS THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT'S INTENT WAS TO LAND ON THE HIGHWAY BUT DUE TO TRAFFIC HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD.  AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR CAUGHT A LOG CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE AND LAND ON THE NOSE.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE NOSE AND FLIPPED OVER.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJURIES.  AS A FINAL NOTE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FOR RECOVERY BY THE NTSB ON 05/23/2008 AND REMOVED FROM THE CRASH SITE BEFORE INSPECTORS FROM THE LAS FSDO WERE ABLE TO PERFORM AN ON SITE INVESTIGATION.

## 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 LAX08LA153](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA153), May 23, 2008: Cessna P210N (N4753K), Peach Springs, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to induced catastrophic internal failure of the engine as a result of the displacement and rotation of the number 2 main bearing that resulted in a fatigue fracture of the…

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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