# NTSB CEN25LA162: Cessna T210N, N4795C, Fayetteville, AR, April 22, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: April 22, 2025, 13:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Coordinates: 36.005096, -94.170063
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200057
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA162
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200057/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA162

## Preliminary report

On April 22, 2025, about 13:25 central daylight time a Cessna T210N, N4795C was involved in an accident near Fayetteville, Arkansas. The pilot and two passengers were not injured. The flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. According to the pilot, he departed Drake Field Airport (FYV) in Fayetteville, Arkansas. About 14 nm away from the airport, the alternator light came on and smoke started to come out from under the instrument panel. The pilot diverted back to FYV. About 5 nm from FVY, oil started to spray onto the windshield and fire was coming out from underneath the cowling. The engine seized, and the propeller stopped. The pilot glided the airplane back to FVY and landed; however, the landing gear collapsed upon runway contact, and the airplane slid off the runway. The fuselage and horizontal stabilizer were substantially damaged. The airplane was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna T210N, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2073456), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4795C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4795C), registered now, S/N 21063629, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Registry model: [Cessna T210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (registry code 2073456) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21063629
- Year built: 1979
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: In-Flight
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: South Delta Aviation Inc
- Registered owner: South Delta Aviation Inc
- Destination: HEE, Helena, AR
- Airport: KFYV

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.03 inHg
- Observed at: KFYV
- METAR: KFYV 221853Z 18007KT 10SM CLR 26/06 A3003

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250422006139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250422006139A), Apr 22, 2025: Cessna T210N, Fayetteville, AR, Substantial damage. 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…

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.

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