# Incident 20170514015069I: Cessna 210D, Darden, TN, May 14, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2017, 16:20 local time
- Place: Darden, TN
- Airport: Beech River Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6564° N, 88.1954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEECH RIVER RGNL (PVE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6564&lon=-88.1954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3854Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3854Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170514015069I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS AT 11,000 FEET ENROUTE FROM WICHITA, KS (ICT) TO ATHENS, GA (AHN) WHEN IT EXPERIENCED A LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION.  THE PILOT CONTACTED MEMPHIS CENTER INFORMING THEM OF HIS SITUATION, THEN LOCATED AND PROCEEDED TO BEECH RIVER REGIONAL AIRPORT (PVE) APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES AWAY.  WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND, HE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ENGINE LOSS AS HE PASSED THROUGH 5,000 FEET AND CHOSE TO NOT LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AS DOING SO WOULD HAVE PREVENTED HIM FROM REACHING THE AIRFIELD DUE TO THE INCREASED DRAG AND LOSS OF POWER. HE SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED IN THE GRASS STRIP BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SURFACE, AND DESTRUCTION OF THREE LOWER ANTENNAE.  INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED AN APPROX. 3-INCH HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CREATED BY THE FAILURE OF THE #4 PISTON CONNECTING ROD THAT EXITED THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N3854Y (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100221027821I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100221027821I), Feb 21, 2010: Cessna 210D (N3854Y), Opa Locka, FL, Minor damage. While Mr. Smith was taxiing N3854Y at miami executive aviation ramp at kopf it collided with a Cessna citation parked at that ramp. Incident was observed by…

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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