# Accident 20100518040169A: Cessna 210F, May 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2010, 19:45 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0689° N, 122.0833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0689&lon=-122.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N580TP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N580TP-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210F (registry code 2073418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,011 total, 35 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100518040169A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED FROM COLUSA AIRPORT ON RWY 13 AT APPROXIMATELY 1645 PDT AFTER HAVING MADE TWO FULL STOP LANDINGS. HE CLIMBED TO 4500 FT. AND HEADED TOWARDS KNIGHTS LANDING. CRUISE POWER WAS 2500 RPM AND 21" MP AND FUEL WAS LEANED TO 75 DEGREES RICH OF PEAK WHICH RESULTED IN A FUEL FLOW OF 13.4 GALLONS PER HOUR. AFTER 10 MINUTES HE MADE A NORTHBOUND TURN AND SLOWLY DESCENDED TO 3000 FT. HE LEVELED OFF AT 3000 FT. AND POWER WAS ADJUSTED TO 2500 RPM AND 22" MP WITH A FULE FLOW OF 14 GALLONS PER HOUR. EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF CRUISE FLIGHT IN THE AREA OF ARBUCKLE GOLF COURSE HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE ENGINE FAILED INDICATED BY OIL STREAMING FROM THE ENGINE COWLING. A ENGINE OUT GLIDE WAS ESTABLISHED AND THE PILOT LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND. THE TERRAIN UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOSTLY ORCHARDS. THE PILOT REMEMBERED A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AND INTERSTATE 5 JUST EAST OF HIM AND INITIATED A TURN TOWARDS THE AIRSTRIP. HE THEN REALIZED HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRSTRIP. HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN THE ORCHARD. HE TURNED NORTHBOUND TO LINE UP BETWEEN THE ROWS OF TREES. HE LOWERED THE LANDING GRAR TO HELP CUSHION THE LANDING. HE KEPT THE AIRCRAFT AT TREETOP LEVEL UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP BETWEEN THE ROWS OF TREES. HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHURT.

## 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 WPR10LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA248), May 19, 2010: Cessna 210 (N580TP), Arbuckle, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Insufficient clamping force to the connecting rod bolt, which resulted in looseness in the connecting rod bearing area that led to the fatigue fracture of the connecting rod and a subsequent loss of…

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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