# Accident 20101028055119A: Cessna 210A, Aiken, SC, October 28, 2010 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 28, 2010, 09:37 local time - Place: Aiken, SC - Airport: Aiken Municipal - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Maneuver - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.6603° N, 81.5975° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6603&lon=-81.5975&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6655X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6655X-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 357 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA038) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101028055119A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT DEPARTED BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT, SC (ARW) WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF AIKEN MUNI AIRPORT, SC (AIK) FOR AVIONICS INSTALLITAION, (NEW INSTRUMENT PANEL). THE PILOT FLEW INTO IFR CONDITIONS AND NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE WAS GOING TO TURN AROUND AND RETURN TO ARW. ATC TURNED THE PILOT OVER TO COLUMBIA AND THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT TO COLUMBIA AND WAS LOST FROM RADAR CONTACT. THE LAST RADAR RETURN FOR THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT ABOUT 9:37 AM AT ABOUT 3000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF THE AIKEN MUNI AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A HEADING OF ABOUT 221 DEGREES, HIT SOME PINE TREES, IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 52 FEET FROM THE TREES AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE, BOUNCED FROM THIS POINT, LEAVING A FOUR FOOT CRATER. THE MAIN WRECKAGE AND ENGINE CAME TO A STOP ABOUT 130 FEET FROM THE IMPACT WITH THE TREES. THE CABIN, CABIN DOOR AN A WING STRUT WAS LOCATED 251 FEET FROM THE TREES. THE END OF THE DEBRIS FIELD WAS 353 FEET FROM THE FIRST IMPACT WITH THE TREES. A PART OF ONE WING WAS LOCATED 100 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE AND APPEARS TO HAVE EXPLODED, AS THERE WAS BLACK SOOT INSIDE OF THIS PARTIAL WING. THE RUBBER FUEL CELL WAS MISSING, HOWEVER A PIECE OF A FUEL CELL ACCESS PLATE WITH A SMALL PIECE OF THE FUEL CELL WAS FOUND 222 FEET FROM THE WRECKAGE. TWO PROP BLADES WERE FOUND AT THE IMPACT CRATER AND ONE PROP BLAD WAS FOUND 222 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE CRATER. ROTATIONAL SCARING WAS NOTED ON THE THREE PROP BLADES. ## 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 ERA11FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA038), Oct 28, 2010: Cessna 210A (N6655X), Aiken, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather planning and improper decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control due to spatial… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.