# Accident 20251006014979A: Cessna 210B, Parkin, AR, October 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2025, 15:35 local time
- Place: Parkin, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1594° N, 90.5994° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1594&lon=-90.5994&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9627X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9627X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210B (registry code 2073410, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 740 total, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251006014979A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2025, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LAKEFRONT, LA. AIRCRAFT WAS EN ROUTE TO JONESBORO, AR.

BEFORE DEPARTING LAKEFRONT, LA THE PIC FILED A IFR FLIGHT PLAN.

THE WEATHER REPORT SHOWED HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT.

ADSB DATA THAT WAS PRESENTED SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT PASSING MEMPHIS, TN, IN A NORTHERN DIRECTION.

ZME CENTER IN MEMPHIS, TN, HAD THE AIRCRAFT.

THE CENTER PASSED THE AIRCRAFT TO APPROACH; APPROACH COMMUNICATED WITH THE AIRCRAFT TO INSTRUCT FLIGHT LEVEL AND HEADING. APPROACHED LOST RADAR AND COMMUNICATION WITH AIRCRAFT AT 2014Z.

AT 0005Z, THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED. AT 1730 LOCAL, THE MEMPHIS FSDO WAS NOTIFIED.

ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2025, AT 0800, TWO INSPECTORS ARRIVED AT THE CRASH SITE. THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION BEGAN. THE AICRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATER AND MOVED TO A SECURED LOCATION.

ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2025, THE FAA, NSTB AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM TEXTRON AIRCRAFT PERFORMED A FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUNITY; THERE WAS CONTINUNITY ON FLIGHT CONTROLS. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXTENSIVE.

ADSB DATA SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN AND RIGHT-WING DOWNWARD SPIN.

ON OCTOBER 9TH, 2025, THE ENGINE WAS RECOVERED FROM THE WATER. THE PROPELLER INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER BEFORE IMPACTING WITH THE WATER AND MUD.

ADSB INDICATED THAT AT 3900 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT DID A LEFT-HAND BANK, WHICH SHOWED A STEEP DOWNWARD SPIRAL. THE WEATHER REPORT SHOWED HEAVY RAIN AND FOG IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRCRAFT. WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PILOT TO BECOME POSSIBLY DISORIENTATED.

## 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 CEN26FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26FA010), Oct 6, 2025: Cessna 210B (N9627X), Parkin, AR, destroyed, 3 fatal, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N9627X (1)

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

- [Incident 19930612031879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930612031879I), Jun 12, 1993: Cessna 210B (N9627X), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Unable to lower and lock gear down diverted to philadlphia. Found a complete loss of hydraulic fluid.

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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