# Accident 20240121001159A: Cessna 210D, Paris, TN, January 21, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2024, 18:24 local time
- Place: Paris, TN
- Airport: Henry County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3364° N, 88.3831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3364&lon=-88.3831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3857Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3857Y) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 494 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240121001159A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 21ST, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 5PM LOCAL TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PIC) AND SAFETY PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FROM MC KELLER-SIPES REGIONAL JACKSON TN (KMKL) IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (1964 CESSNA 210D) FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL AREA. AT 2215 Z LOCAL WEATHER WAS REPORTED FROM KYLE-OAKLEY FIELD 10 STATUE MILE, CLEAR SKIES, MINUS 1 DEGREE CELSIUS, AND BAROMETRIC PRESSURE 30.53 INCHES OF MERCURY. AFTER A TOUCH AND GO AT KYLE-OAKLEY FIELD (KCEY) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BOUND FOR JACKSON TN (KMKL) TO LAND. THE PILOT IN COMMAND CLIMBED UP TO 6500 FT AND ENTERED CRUISE AND A HEADING OF 180 DEGREES. SEVEN MINUETS INTO CRUISE THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND VIBRATION FROM THE ENGINE AS THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND OIL COVERED THE WINDSHIELD.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND TRANSFERRED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS TO THE SAFETY PILOT WHO STARTED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND PROCEEDED TO CONTACT MEMPHIS CENTER TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE CREW LINED UP WITH RUNWAY 20 AND FLEW TO THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED JUST OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT PROPERTY FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT WENT THRU THE FENCE AND BECAME ENTANGLED ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHICH BECAME TAUGHT AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS TOP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT 36.20.39 N 88.22.54 W WITH THE NOSE POINTING 070 DEGREES, 675 FEET NORTH AND 60 FEET WEST OF CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 20. ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AT THE SCENE. VISIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE INCLUDED BUT WAS NOT LIMITED TO BOTH WINGS, NOSE, STRUTS, FUSELAGE, AND THE TAIL SECTION. THERE WERE LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL ON THE BELLY AND ENGINE COWLING. THE TWO PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE ROOT CAUSE WAS THE ENGINE HAD CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WHICH LED TO THE AIRCRAFT GLIDING TO A LANDING AND FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 ERA24LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA095), Jan 22, 2024: Cessna 210D (N3857Y), Paris, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The disruption of torque to the No 4 connecting rod journals, which resulted in a spun bearing and the subsequent total loss of engine power.

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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