# Accident 20121107025439A: Cessna P210N, Conway, AR, November 7, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2012, 11:30 local time
- Place: Conway, AR
- Airport: Conway Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0811° N, 92.4244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0811&lon=-92.4244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N887JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N887JA-2014-05-05) (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-550 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,580 total, 2,203 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121107025439A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 7, 2012, AT 1128 CST, CESSNA P210N, N887JA,  REGISTERED TO R. J. ALLEN AND ASSOCIATES, APPEARED TO EXPERIENCE A LOSE OF POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF  FROM RUNWAY 26, DENNIS F. CANTRELL FIELD (CWS), CONWAY, AR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY SEVERAL WITNESSES IN A STEEP RIGHT TURN TO THE NORTH, APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO CWS. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A TREE LOCATED JUST TO THE WEST OF THE WEST AIRPORT BOUNDARY, SUBSEQUENTLY HITTING THE GROUND, COMING TO REST AGAINST A UTILITY TRUCK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT DIED OF HIS INJURIES AFTER BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, BUT NEVER ACTIVATED.THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CONWAY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ON NOVEMBER 7, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1128 CST.

## 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 CEN13LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA054), Nov 7, 2012: Cessna P210N (N887JA), Conway, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which failed to detect the lack of fuel and resulted in fuel exhaustion during climb, and the pilot's subsequent failure to maintain airplane control,…

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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