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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna T210N · WY · November 5, 2010

Date
November 5, 2010 · 14:00 local
Place
WY
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6179Y
Reported as
Cessna T210N
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total300 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot stated that the aircraft engine lost oil pressure with a subsequent loss of power. Attempted landing on dirt road. Ruts in dirt road directed aircraft off road into soft shoulder. Aircraft flipped, tail over nose and came to rest upside down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE WITH A SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF POWER. ATTEMPTED LANDING ON DIRT ROAD. RUTS IN DIRT ROAD DIRECTED AIRCRAFT OFF ROAD INTO SOFT SHOULDER. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED, TAIL OVER NOSE AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.