# Accident 20090409004999A: Cessna T210N, Mc Allen, TX, April 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2009, 08:00 local time
- Place: Mc Allen, TX
- Airport: Mc Allen Miller International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1596° N, 98.2501° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1596&lon=-98.2501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N127TC-2011-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 512 total, 262 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA241) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090409004999A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON APRIL 9, 2009, A CESSNA 210 AIRCRAFT, N127TC, TOOK OFF FROM THE MCALLEN AIRPORT (MFE) TO SUGARLAND, TEXAS.  AFTER TAKE OFF THE PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING 30 TO 40 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND HIT 4 POWER LINES AND A TIME WARNER CABLE BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND, BACKWARDS, INTO AN ORANGE ORCHARD.  THERE WAS A POST CRASH FIRE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN09FA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA241), Apr 9, 2009: Cessna T210N (N127TC), Edinburg, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to select a suitable alternate landing site.

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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