# Accident 20250422006139A: Cessna T210N, Fayetteville, AR, April 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2025, 13:25 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Airport: Drake Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0051° N, 94.1701° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4795C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4795C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250422006139A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 22, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:25 CDT, A CESSNA T210N, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER AN EMERGANCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 34 AT DRAKE FIELD AIRPORT (FYV), FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FYV AIRPORT, AND WHILE CLIMBING TOWARDS 6,800 FEET, THE PILOT ANNOUNCED TO ATC THEY WERE RETURNING TO FYV DUE TO ALTERNATOR POWER ISSUES. AT APPROXIMATELY 14 MILES FROM FYV AND THREE QUARTERS INTO THE TURNBACK BANK, THE PILOT NOTED AN ABRUPT RUMBLE FROM THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING BACK TO FYV, WHITE SMOKE WAS NOTED COMING FROM THE RIGHT LOWER CENTER INSTRUMENT PANEL AREA AND QUICKLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE LOWER INSTRUMENT PANEL IN ALL DIRECTIONS. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED TO ATC DUE TO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. SHORTLY AFTER ANNOUNCING THE EMERGENCY, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED AND THE PROPELLERS LOCKED. AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES FROM FYV, FIRE WAS VISIBLE COMING OVER THE ENGINE COWLING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE AREA. UPON FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED, AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASH LANDED AND SKIDDED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 34. AIRPORT ARFF PERSONNEL EXTINGUISHED A FIRE THAT WAS COMING FROM THE BACK RIGHT ENGINE AREA.

## 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 CEN25LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA162), Apr 22, 2025: Cessna T210N (N4795C), Fayetteville, AR, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N4795C (1)

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

- [Incident 20020108002739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020108002739I), Jan 8, 2002: Cessna T210N (N4795C), Hearne, TX. (-23) After takeoff, landing gear was retracted. The nose gear did not retract. The aircraft was flown by the tower at college station, Texas (cll). The tower…

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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