# Incident 20250118000369I: Cessna P210N, Prescott, AZ, January 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2025, 12:08 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Prescott Regional - Ernest A Love
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6426° N, 112.4321° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6426&lon=-112.4321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4626K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4626K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250118000369I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 18, 2025, AT 12:08 (LOCAL TIME), AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED AN OFF-FIELD LANDING NEAR PRESCOTT AIRPORT (PRC) ARIZONA. THE INCIDENT, WITH TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, A STUDENT PILOT AND A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, RESULTED IN NO INJURIES.

IN AN INTERVIEW, THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM PRC AT 10:45 AM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO COTTONWOOD AZ. WHERE THE PILOT MADE THREE SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS BEFORE RETURNING TO PRC. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES FROM ARRIVING AT PRC, THE PILOT SWITCHED FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT FUEL TANKS, JUST TO CHECK OUT THE SYSTEM. WHILE LINING UP TO LAND AT PRC, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER FROM THE ENGINE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE RUNWAY AND WERE FORCED TO LAND SHORT.

IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, HE CONFIRMED THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE STUDENT PILOT AND ADDED THAT AFTER TAKING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, HE HAD SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR BACK TO THE LEFT FUEL TANK WHICH HAD NO EFFECT ON THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE. HE THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND PREPARED FOR THE OFF-FIELD LANDING.

AFTER MOVING THE AIRCRAFT BACK THE AIRPORT, MECHANICS CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS STILL FUEL IN BOTH TANKS.

A REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT RECORDS SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT HAD JUST BEEN SOLD TO THE STUDENT PILOT ON JANUARY 15, 2025, ONLY THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. AN ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED ON JANUARY 12, 2025, THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THE SALE. THE LAST INSPECTION PERFORMED BEFORE THIS ANNUAL WAS A 100 HOUR INSPECTION, ACCOMPLISHED ON DECEMBER 17, 2023. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT FLOWN BETWEEN INSPECTIONS.

PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE INCIDENT, REVEALED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN SEVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE ROUGH TERRAIN. MULTIPLE DENTS AND SKIN DAMAGED FROM IMPACT WITH VEGETATION ON AIRCRAFT BELLY, WINGS AND TAIL. TWO PROPELLORS WERE BENT. NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED.

THE^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT HE WAS AWAITING THE INSURANCE APPRAISAL BEFORE DECIDING IF THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING TO BE REPAIRED AND PUT BACK INTO SERVICE.

## 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 WPR25LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA084), Jan 18, 2025: Cessna P210N (N4626K), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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