# Accident 20210810013649A: Cessna 210D, West Fargo, ND, August 10, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2021, 16:00 local time
- Place: West Fargo, ND
- Airport: West Fargo Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9040° N, 96.9298° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9040&lon=-96.9298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3944Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3944Y) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 183 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA371) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210810013649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT AFTER MAKING RIGHT TURN SOUTH OF D54 AFTER MISSED APPROACH.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND THEN WAS FORCED DOWN IN A BEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1.25 SOUTH WEST OF D54.  ON SCENE PROPELLER SHOW NO SIGNS OF ROTATION WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GND. FUEL WAS PRESENT IN THE LEFT WING, NO FUEL IN THE RIGHT AND NO FUEL FOUND AT THE ENGINE PUMP, FUEL CONTROL UNIT, OR FUEL NOZZLE DISTRIBUTOR. MAIN FUEL SUMP BOWL HAD ABOUT A TABLE SPOON OF FUEL.

ENGINE WAS  ABLE TO BE TURNED AND CONFIRMED GEAR TRAIN CONNECTION.  ALL FLIGHT  CONTROLS WERE ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT. ENGINE CONTROLS WERE CONFIRMED CONNECTED.

## 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 CEN21LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA371), Aug 10, 2021: Cessna 210D (N3944Y), West Fargo, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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