# Accident 20111023028809A: Cessna 210G, Veracruz, October 23, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2011, 09:30 local time
- Place: Veracruz
- Airport: Veracruz, Mx
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.1635° N, 96.1355° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.1635&lon=-96.1355&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5894F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5894F-2018-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210G (registry code 2073430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12WA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12WA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111023028809A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT WAS FROM PUEBLO TO VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO. GROUND WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING AIRCRAFT MAKING A TURN AND EXPLODING PRIOR TO CRASHING NEAR VERACRUZ, MEXICO.  LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED LIGHT RAIN AT TIME OF CRASH. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH FATALITIES.

## 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 CEN12WA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12WA040), Oct 23, 2011: Cessna 210G (N5894F), Veracruz, Mexico, substantial damage, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N5894F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010614013509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010614013509I), Jun 14, 2001: Cessna 210G (N5894F), Bountiful, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed gear up. Mr. Mcelroy stated that he lowered the landing gear on downwind to runway 34 but did not check the gear light or look out of the…
- [Incident 19940917036369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940917036369I), Sep 17, 1994: Cessna 210G (N5894F), Murrieta, CA, Minor damage. Failed to check gear position for landing. Landed gear up.

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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