# Accident 20100404030939A: Cessna P210N, Leavenworth, WA, April 4, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2010, 10:37 local time
- Place: Leavenworth, WA
- Airport: Lake Wenatchee State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8297° N, 120.7642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8297&lon=-120.7642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3599P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3599P-2013-01-25) (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: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,701 total, 624 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100404030939A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM HARVEY FIELD (PAE) TO FELTS FIELD (SFF). APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE ENGINE QUIT. PILOT UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO RE-START THE ENGINE. HE ESTIMATED THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND DECIDED TO LAND IN A NEARBY FIELD. DURING THE LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND RT LANDING GEAR STRUCK FENCE POSTS AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## 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 WPR10LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA196), Apr 4, 2010: Cessna P210N (N3599P), Leavenworth, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the number two cylinder exhaust and intake valves for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a loss of engine power.

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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