# Incident 20161125018829I: Cessna P210N, Philadelphia, MS, November 25, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2016, 11:52 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, MS
- Airport: Philadelphia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7992° N, 89.1260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA MUNI (MPE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7992&lon=-89.1260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4775K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4775K) (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-520-P (5)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 44 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161125018829I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 5000 FT, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC)  STATED THAT MANIFOLD PRESSURE HAD INADVERTENTLY REDUCED. THE PILOT PUSHED UP THROTTLE TO MAXIMUM TO RE-GAIN LOST PRESSURE. THE PIC THEN NOTICED FLUCTUATIONS IN MANIFOLD PRESSURE. ATC WAS CONTACTED AND PIC REQUESTED RETURN TO MPE. JUST PRIOR TO REACHING 2000 FEET AT 4 TO 5 MILES FROM THE FIELD, THE PIC NOTICED OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS COUPLED WITH  MANIFOLD PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS, AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. AT 2000 FEET,BETWEEN 4 AND 5 MILES FROM THE FIELD, THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THE PIC MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THE AIRPORT WAS OUT OF REACH, AND OPTED TO LAND ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY (MS HIGHWAY 21). AN OFF-FIELD LANDING ENSUED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT LEADING EDGE OUTBOARD SECTION AND THE RADAR RADOME ATTACHED UNDER THE RIGHT WING. THIS DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE WING HITTING A STREET SIGN DURING LANDING. UPON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC AT THE SCENE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A CONNECTING ROD HAD BROKEN THROUGH THE ENGINE CASING ABOVE THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER. THIS EVENT WAS CAUSED BY A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE IN FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT WAS WITHIN CURRENT ANNUAL INSPECTION DATE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD SATISFACTORY FUEL SAMPLES, AND APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD.

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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