# Accident 20100207027569A: Nanchang Ch CJ-6A, Mesa, AZ, February 7, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2010, 08:35 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4564° N, 111.7236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4564&lon=-111.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6263D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6263D-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6 (registry code 05628VC, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCHANG CH CJ-6A
- Reported engine: QUZHOU HUOSAI HS6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 53 in this make and model, 209 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100207027569A

## Narrative

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

ON 02-07-2010 AIRCRAFT N6263D DEPARTED KFFZ AT APPROXIMATELY 0805 AND PROCEEDED NORTH EAST TO FOUNTAIN HILLS. IN CRUISE AT 3000 AGL SOUTH BOUND FROM FOUNTAIN HILLS THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO RETURN TO KFFZ. IN ROUTE TO KFFZ ABOUT 3 TO 4 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE STOPPED. THE PILOT SAID HE COULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO KFFZ AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND IN RED  MOUNTAIN PARK. ON TOUCH DOWN AT THE PARK, A PEDESTRIAN WALKED OUT ACROSS THE PARK CAUSING  THE PILOT TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID THE PEDESTRIAN AND CAME TO REST AFTER HITTING A REST ROOM FACILITY AT THE PARK. THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES AND THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO THEIR FOREHEAD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO FIRE.

## 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 WPR10LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA130), Feb 7, 2010: Nanchang China CJ-6A (N6263D), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: Separation of the cylinder from the engine during cruise flight due to fatigue in the studs attaching it to the engine casing.

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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