# Incident 20090810019659I: Cessna T210N, Natchitoches, LA, August 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2009, 18:55 local time
- Place: Natchitoches, LA
- Airport: Natchitoches Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7357° N, 93.0992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NATCHITOCHES RGNL (IER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7357&lon=-93.0992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5383A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5383A) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090810019659I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE AND HIS FRIEND TOOK OFF FROM AIRPORT AROUND 6.30 PM HEADED WEST TOWARD TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR.  APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT A RED LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATING ALTERNATOR FAILURE.  PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD PILOT THE VOLTAGE READS 22 VOLTS AND DROPPING.  PILOT TURNED AIRCRAFT AND HEADED BACK TO AIRPORT.  ON FINAL, PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTICED THE VOLTAGE HAD DROPPED TO 14.  PILOT DEPLOYED GEAR AND PROCEEDED TO LAND.  AFTER TOUCH DOWN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND NOSE TILTED FORWARD, PROP STRUCK GROUND AND ENGINE STOPPED, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR UNLOCKED, AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE CENTER OF RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET.

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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