# Accident 20211020022139A: Cessna 210N, Dallas, TX, October 20, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2021, 16:08 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Dallas Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6750° N, 96.8668° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6750&lon=-96.8668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1235U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1235U-2022-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,545 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211020022139A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS UPSIDE DOWN WITH THE NOSE POINTING BACK UP THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PAST THE END OF RUNWAY 17 AT DALLAS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (RBD). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE, LEFT WING, AND TAIL. THE NOSE TIRE WAS DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND LAYING APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  IT APPEARED THAT THE ENGINE BLOCK HAD CRACKED AND THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN. ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT IN A MANNER THAT INDICATES THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO POWER ON THE ENGINE WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL CAME OFF AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND. IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE GROUND INDICATES THAT THE NOSE WHEEL PASSED THROUGH A SMALL DITCH AND WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT AS IT EXITED THE DITCH. FOUND INNER TUBE DEBRIS AND PIECES OF TIRE ON THE RUNWAY INDICATING THAT THE NOSE WHEEL TIRE BLEW OUT ON INITIAL IMPACT AND THEN STARTED DISINTEGRATING AS THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED DOWN THE RUNWAY.

INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SHOW ANY IRREGULARITIES. ENGINE HAD COMPRESSION IN ALL SIX CYLINDERS. ALL 12 SPARK PLUGS WERE CLEAN AND HAD GOOD SPARK WHEN THE MAGNETOS WERE ROTATED. THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS CLEAN WITH NO OBVIOUS BLOCKAGES. FUEL PUMP INSPECTION REPORT STATED THAT THE PUMP HAD GOOD FLOW AND PRESSURE. IT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE INTERNALLY TO THE PUMP. THE DAMAGE INDICATED THAT SOMETHING HAD WENT THROUGH THE PUMP, BUT NO DEBRIS WAS FOUND IN THE PUMP.

## 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 CEN22LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA018), Oct 20, 2021: Cessna 210 (N1235U), Dallas, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A temporary loss of engine power during the takeoff due to a damaged fuel pump, which resulted in a forced landing and a runway excursion. The source of the damage to the fuel pump could not be…

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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