# Accident 20200101003159A: Cessna T210L, Ada, OK, January 1, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2020, 15:49 local time
- Place: Ada, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8073° N, 96.6670° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8073&lon=-96.6670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94227, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94227) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,998 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200101003159A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 1ST 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 CST, A CESSNA T210, N94277 EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE LOSS OF POWER AT 11,500 FEET WHILE IN EN-ROUTE FROM CENTENNIAL AIRPORT, CO (APA) TO SHREVEPORT, LA (SHV).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THIS TIME.  PILOT INFORMED FORT WORTH CENTER OF THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM.  AT THIS TIME FORT WORTH VECTORED N94277 TO ADA, OK (ADH) APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES SOUTH EAST OF AIRCRAFT?S POSITION.  THE PILOT SWITCHED FUEL TANKS BACK TO LEFT TANK AND ENGINE RESTARTED BRIEFLY.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1549 CST, N94277 MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT PONTOTOC COUNTRY AGRI-PLEX AND CONVENTION CENTER PARKING LOT BUT OVERSHOT PARKING LOT PASSING THROUGH A METAL FENCE.  N94277 CAME TO REST IN A TREE LINE APPROXIMATELY 1800 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY 36 AT ADH.  PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.  AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.   EXAMINATION OF WRECKAGE DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF USEABLE FUEL.  LEFT WING TANK WAS BREACHED IN THE ACCIDENT. FOLIAGE AROUND AND UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF FUEL CONTAMINATION OR BLIGHT EVIDENCE THEREOF.

## 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 CEN20LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA053), Jan 1, 2020: Cessna T210 (N94227), Ada, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, and the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and preflight fuel planning.

## Other reports on N94227 (1)

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

- [Incident 20160213005659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160213005659I), Feb 13, 2016: Cessna T210L (N94227), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. Airplane landed on runway 36L. On roll out to right turn onto taxi-way, front wheel departed airplane. Nose came to rest on front gear strut with prop striking…

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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