# Accident 20230520008689A: Cessna 210, Redding, CA, May 20, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2023, 09:57 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4884° N, 122.2954° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4884&lon=-122.2954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9433T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9433T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230520008689A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 20, 2023, ABOUT 0900 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (PDT), A CESSNA 210, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PLANNED ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS FROM SALEM, OREGON (SLE) TO WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (WVI), AND THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE OVERFLYING REDDING REGIONAL AIRPORT (RDD) AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7,500 FT MSL, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. HE FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY ENGINE RESTART PROCEDURES AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL PRESSURE WAS LOW. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART, AND THE PROPELLER WAS STILL SPINNING, BUT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET A SURGE OF POWER FROM THE ENGINE BY CYCLING THE FUEL PUMP. ALREADY TALKING WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AT OAKLAND CENTER, HE DECIDED TO TURN BACK TO LAND AT RDD.

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT INITIALLY DECLARE AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE HE HAD SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE REMAINING TO LAND, AND THAT BY THE TIME THE AIRPLANE HAD REACHED A 5-MILE FINAL FOR RUNWAY 34 HE WAS AT 4,500 FT MSL. A SHORT TIME LATER THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE RDD TOWER CONTROLLERS WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT MAKE THE FIELD. HE

CYCLED THE FUEL PUMP ONE MORE TIME, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND, AND THE PROPELLER STOPPED. THE PILOT DECIDED TO KEEP THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED IN A FIELD, ABOUT ¾ MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD.

IF FURTHER INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE THE REPORT WILL BE AMMENDED AS REQUIRED.

## 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 WPR23LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA197), May 20, 2023: Cessna 210 (N9433T), Redding, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fuel leak caused by an age-degraded fuel pressure sender hose, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident was inadequate maintenance.

## Other reports on N9433T (2)

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

- [Incident 19891226062019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891226062019I), Dec 26, 1989: Cessna 210 (N9433T), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. No gear safe light. Visually mains down. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Propeller and gear door damaged.
- [Accident 19800417009159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800417009159A), Apr 17, 1980: Cessna 210 (N9433T), Beckwourth, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing then made go-around. Nose wheel collapsed on second landing.

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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