# Accident 20131027021159A: Cessna T210M, Scipio, UT, October 27, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2013, 19:09 local time
- Place: Scipio, UT
- Airport: Eagle City Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0586° N, 112.0422° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0586&lon=-112.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761BP-2018-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131027021159A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL FLOW ISSUE, PIC REDUCED POWER THEN LOST POWER AND HAD TO FORCE LAND ON HIGHWAY US 50.

PIC STATED AT 10,500 FEET AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY LOST POWER. STATED AIRCRAFT WAS TRIMMED FOR BEST GLIDE, WHILE ATTEMPING THROTTLE AND RESTART WAS HANDLED BY RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER (ATP), (HOWEVER HE IS A RATED PILOT ALSO)TO NO AVAIL.

BOTH PILOT AND RIGHT SEAT (ATP) PASSENGER STATED THEY BOTH ASSISTED TO FLARE  AIRCRAFT AS TOUCHED DOWN NEARED ON US 50, AND STATED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD.

RIGHT SEAT (ATP) PASSENGER STATED HE REACHED DOWN TO PUT LANDING GEAR DOWN, PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN, WHICH INDICATED THE GEAR SELECTION WAS MADE LATE, BECAUSE THE GEAR COLLASPED.

CRASH LANDING WAS OFF TO SIDE OF US 50 IN FIELD DIRT AREA WITH A FENCE RUNNING ALONG THE HWY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN DIRT AREA ON TOP OF FENCE.

PIC STATED GAS WAS FELT ON HIMSELF DUE TO LEFT WING BEING PUNCHERED WITH HOLE FROM A FENCE POST.

STATED BY PILOT AND RIGHT SEAT PASSENGER ALL MASTER SWITCHES WERE SWITCHED TO OFF, PRIOR TO EXIT.

## 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 WPR14LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14LA036), Oct 27, 2013: Cessna T210M (N761BP), Scipio, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

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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