# Incident 20170425003349I: Cessna 210N, Crothersville, IN, April 25, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2017, 15:00 local time
- Place: Crothersville, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7945° N, 85.8400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crothersville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7945&lon=-85.8400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9917Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9917Y-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,100 total, 60 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170425003349I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 25, 2017, ABOUT 1500 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT) (1900Z), A CESSNA 210, N9917Y, MADE AN UNPLANNED LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR CROTHERSVILLE, INDIANA.  THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT, AND HIS PASSENGER, WERE UNHARMED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AFTER LANDING IN THE PLANTED FARM FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT (JVY), JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA, ABOUT 1445 EDT AND WAS DESTINED FOR FREEMAN MUNIPAL AIRPORT (SER), SEYMOUR, INDIANA.

AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 2500? MSL AND FLEW NORTH TOWARD SER.  APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE MADE A ?POP? AND LOST POWER.  HE TURNED TOWARD A SAFE FIELD FOR LANDING AND ASKED HIS PASSENGER (A STUDENT PILOT) TO READ THE ENGINE FAILURE DURING FLIGHT RESTART CHECKLIST.  HE WAS NOT ABLE TO RE-START THE ENGINE AND ASKED THE PASSENGER TO READ THE ENGINE FAILURE AND FORCED LANDING CHECKLISTS.  THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE FIELD CHOSEN, PARALLEL TO THE SOYBEAN ROWS.  UPON LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY NOSED OVER.

AS OF THIS DATE, THERE HAS BEEN NO DETERMINATION ON CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS.  THIS REPORT MAY LATER BE AMENDED TO REFLECT THAT DETERMINATION.

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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