# Accident 20210302002589A: Cessna 210A, Grand Haven, MI, March 2, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2021, 15:49 local time
- Place: Grand Haven, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0339° N, 86.1981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0339&lon=-86.1981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6637X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6637X-2023-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210302002589A

## Narrative

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

ON ITS SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY PILOT ARRIVED AT 3GM AND PULLED OUT AIRCRAFT OUT OF HANGAR TO PREFLIGHT FOR FLIGHT TO MKG, APPROX.. 10 MI. AWAY. AIRCRAFT HAD APPROX. 20 GAL IN RIGHT TANK AND 19 GAL IN LEFT TANK. PREFLIGHT RUN UP AND TAKEOFF PHASE WENT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE TIME RECORDED SEQUENCE OF FLIGHT FROM ADSB(SENTURY)RECEIVER:

5:53 TAKE OFF ROLL BEGAN

6:02 AIRBORNE ? CLIMB OUT 84KTS

6:32 LOSS OF ENGINE POWER

ALT 1166 84KTS

6:46 GAIN TO FINAL ALTITUDE 1288 - 56KTS

6:45 PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN FOR 80MPH AIRSPEED AND TRIMMED AND BEGAN TO LOOK FOR A LANDING ZONE, PILOT TURNED THE KEY TWO TIMES TO START POSITION, BUT NO CHANGE.

7:09 STALL HORN BRIEFLY SOUNDED

TURNED TOWARD THE WIND DIRECTION AND PILOT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AREA HE HAD INTENDED AND WOULD BE DITCHING IN THE TREES. FINAL RADIO CALL PRIOR TO IMPACT ? MAYDAY, MAYDAY.

7:28 BEGAN HITTING TREES 47KTS

7:33 FINAL REST ON THE GROUND LARGE SUDDEN STOP FOLLOWING IMPACT OF PINE TREE.

PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS AIRCRAFT NORMALLY . AFTER EGRESS, PILOT NOTICE HE HAD A SMALL CUT OVER HIS LEFT EYE.  LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMS ARRIVED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF CALL.

## 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 CEN21LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA146), Mar 2, 2021: Cessna 210 (N6637X), Grand Haven, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined.

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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