# Accident 20230218002589A: Cessna 210A, Buckhannon, WV, February 18, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2023, 17:35 local time
- Place: Buckhannon, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0170° N, 80.2079° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0170&lon=-80.2079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6597X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6597X-2023-07-08) (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 I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,043 total, 218 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230218002589A

## Narrative

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

FEBRUARY 18, 2023 GA AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED BUTLER COUNTY AIRPORT(BTP) DESTINATION BUCKHANNON (W22). EN ROUTE PIC WAS APPROX. 13 NM FROM DESITINATION AIRPORT AND ATTEMTPED TO SELECT R/H FUEL TANK. (THIS ACTION WAS PERFORMED USING AN ADJUSTABLE WRENCH, THE FUEL SELECTOR KNOB HAD BEEN BROKEN PRIOR TO DEPARTURE) THE PIC WAS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTING TO SELECT R/H FUEL TANK.

AT APPROX 2NM RIGHT BASE FROM RUNWAY 29(W22) AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST ALL POWER.

PIC LOCATED AN OPEN FIELD (HARVESTED CORN FIELD) AND ATTEMTED OFF FIELD LANDING. WITH GROUND CONTACT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS TORN FROM AIRCRAFT AND NOSE CONTACTED THE SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND RESTED IN AN INVERTED POSITION. PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WITH NO INJURIES.

## 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 ERA23LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA128), Feb 18, 2023: Cessna 210 (N6597X), Buckhannon, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing was the pilot’s decision to depart on the flight with an inoperative fuel selector valve.

## Other reports on N6597X (2)

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

- [Incident 20020820025539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020820025539I), Aug 20, 2002: Cessna 210A (N6597X), Vivian, LA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was making touch and go landings and failed to lower the landing gear. Resulted in a gear up landing causing minor damage to the aircraft.
- [Incident 19830715049879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830715049879I), Jul 15, 1983: Cessna 210A (N6597X), San Antonio, TX. Ran into deteriorating weather conditions. Passenger airsick. Landed on military base.

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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