# Accident 20091018020049A: Cessna P210N, Rifle, CO, October 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2009
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield County Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5261° N, 107.7269° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5261&lon=-107.7269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7217S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7217S-2018-01-23) (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: ALLSN 250B17F2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,423 total, 169 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091018020049A

## Narrative

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

UPON TAKEOFF FROM RIFLE, COLORADO, AN UNDISCOVERED ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE CAUSED IT TO OPERATE ONLY AT MAX POWER OF FLIGHT IDLE.  PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO LAND AT RIFLE, CO.  AS PILOT MANUEVERED TO LAND ALTERNATING BETWEEN FLIGHT IDLE AND MAX POWER TO CONTROL ENGINE RPM AND ALLOW HIS DESCENT, AFTER PUTTING GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN HE REALIZED HE WAS GETTING LOW, PUT MAX POWER IN BUT GOT NO RESPONSE.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND HITTING THE TAIL FIRST, THEN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSEWHEEL.  THE NOSEWHEEL THEN DUG INTO THE GROUND AND THE MOMENTUM CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.  POST IMPACT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED A DISLODGED POWER CABLE PULLED FROM THE SWEDGE AREA IN THE LINKAGE.  IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE IMPACT OR A CAUSAL FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.  THE NTSB HAS SENT THE PARTS OUT FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

## 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 CEN10FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA021), Oct 18, 2009: Cessna P210N (N7217S), Rifle, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly identify the power lever and, instead, manipulating the propeller condition lever.

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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