# Accident 20200807013509A: Cessna P210N, Allendale, SC, August 7, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2020, 10:35 local time
- Place: Allendale, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9864° N, 81.2667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9864&lon=-81.2667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6300W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6300W-2020-09-28) (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 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,590 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200807013509A

## Narrative

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

N6300W WAS ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 35 AT ALLENDALE AIRPORT (AQX). APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SEVERAL TREES AND STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT AT A STEEP ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED ABOUT 50 FEET AFTER CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND WAS PARTIALITY CONSUMED BY POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 ERA20LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA278), Aug 7, 2020: Cessna P210 (N6300W), Allendale, SC, destroyed. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power as a result of fuel starvation due to contamination from a thermoplastic polymer used in the fuel system. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to report…

## Other reports on N6300W (2)

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

- [Accident 20191221019809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191221019809A), Dec 21, 2019: Cessna P210N (N6300W), Gainsville, FL, Minor damage. Pilot took off from Gainesville airport (gnv) with his wife on board headed for lynden pindling international airport (mynn) about 1130PM. At about 1500 feet…
- [Incident 20000918029619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000918029619I), Sep 18, 2000: Cessna P210N (N6300W), Edenton, NC. (-23)While on approach to airport, approximately 3 miles from runway, engine quit, fuel selector was on right tank, which was empty. Pc swiched to left tank,…

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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