# Incident 20170403002659I: Cessna T210L, Roswell, NM, April 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 2017, 10:30 local time
- Place: Roswell, NM
- Airport: Roswell Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3734° N, 104.5294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roswell, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3734&lon=-104.5294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7776H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7776H) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170403002659I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 3, 2017, AT 10:30 MDT, A CESSNA T210L, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7776H, REGISTERED TO PRIVATE OWNER, HAD AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE FAILURE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR PLAN, WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING WAS FILED.  THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ENGINE FAILURE, 12 MILES SOUTH OF ROSWELL AIRPORT, NM (ROW).  PILOT COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED SAFELY IN A FIELD, APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF ROW.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUFFERED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KERRVILLE, TEXAS (ERV) ON APRIL 3, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 CDT WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION RUIDOSO AIRPORT, NM (SRR).

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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