# Incident 20090907017639I: Cessna 210M, Higginsville, MO, September 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2009, 10:40 local time
- Place: Higginsville, MO
- Airport: Higginsville Industrial Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0724° N, 93.6774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HIGGINSVILLE INDUSTRIAL MUNI (HIG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0724&lon=-93.6774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761JW-2010-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090907017639I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PIC & SEVERAL WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ACFT'S ENGINE BEGAN "MISSING" SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.  PIC MANEUVERED THE ACFT BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT, EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR & DEPLOYED FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES.  PIC STATED HE WAS ON THE VERGE OF STALLING & REALIZED HE HAD INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY.  PIC STATED ONLY OTHER VIABLE OPTION WAS TO DITCH IN THE HIGGINSVILLE RESERVOIR THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT.  HE RAISED THE LANDING GEAR & LANDED IN THE WATER, COMING TO REST NEAR A SPILLWAY.  AS AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK BY THE NOSE, PIC & HIS WIFE EGRESSED THROUGHT THE REAR BAGGAGE DOOR.  NEARBY FISHERMEN RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AND ASSISTED THE COUPLE OUT OF THE WATER.  ACFT SUBMERGED IN ABOUT 20 FEET OF WATER, AND WAS RECOVERED LATER IN THE DAY.  DAMAGE INCLUDED A BENT PROPELLER, LOWER COWLING DENTS, AND MINOR UPPER SKIN WRINKLING TO THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB.  INCIDENT # ICE052009025 IS CLOSED.

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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