# Accident 20131025020459A: Cessna T210L, Borger, TX, October 25, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2013, 11:40 local time
- Place: Borger, TX
- Airport: Hutchinson County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7008° N, 101.3936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7008&lon=-101.3936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N398MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N398MA-2016-02-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,227 total, 513 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131025020459A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 25, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 CDT, N398MA, A CESSNA T210-L, WAS ON  A PART 91 FLIGHT FROM THOMAS P. STAFFORD (OJA), LOCATED IN WEATHERFORD, OKLAHOMA.  DURING THE  CRUISE PORTION OF THE FLIGHT THE ENGINE FAILED TO PRODUCE POWER.   THE PILOT WAS VECTORED BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO RICK HUSBAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AMA), LOCATED IN AMARILLO, TEXAS.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT HUTCHINSON COUNTY AIRPORT (BGD), LOCATED IN BORGER, TEXAS.  SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING AIRSPEED THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND ON A ROAD IN THE CITY OF BORGER, TEXAS.  DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THROUGH SEVERAL POWER LINES AND CAME TO REST IN THE  COFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER RECREATIONAL PARK LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF BGD.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A SMALL UPPER PORTION OF THE LEFT ENGINE CASE SEPARATED ABOVE NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER AND DEPARTED THE ENGINE.

## 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 CEN14LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA031), Oct 25, 2013: Cessna T210L (N398MA), Borger, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 4 connecting rod due to inadequate oil lubrication.

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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