# NTSB CEN25LA317: Cessna P210, N92MS, Zapata, TX, August 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: August 13, 2025, 18:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place: Zapata, TX
- Coordinates: 27.044, -99.226 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0440&lon=-99.2260&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200779
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA317
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200779/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA317

## Preliminary report

On August 13, 2025, about 1835 central daylight time, a Cessna P210N airplane, N92MS, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Zapata, Texas. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. The pilot reported that the flight was normal until he turned the airplane to return back to the McAllen International Airport, McAllen, Texas. During the return, he felt a severe vibration from the engine and noticed a partial loss of engine power. The engine instruments displayed 0 inches of manifold pressure, high oil temperature, low oil pressure, and high temperatures on the No. 4 and 5 cylinders. While diverting to the Zapata County Airport, Zapata, Texas, the engine lost total power, and the pilot was unable to glide the airplane to the runway. He then performed an off-field landing on a dirt road. During the landing roll on the dirt road, the airplane’s left wing collided with a tree, turning the airplane to the left into a tree line. Both wings sustained substantial damage. The airplane was retained for further investigation.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna P210N, 20 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2073454), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92MS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92MS), registered now, S/N P21000689 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210 (N)
- Registry model: [Cessna P210N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (registry code 2073454) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P21000689
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Cil N92ms LLC
- Registered owner: Cil N92ms LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: KMFE, McAllen, TX
- Destination: KLRD, Laredo, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Equipment: ADS-B, Data recorder

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 11 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 102 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.82 inHg
- Observed at: KAPY, 2 nm away
- METAR: KAPY 132335Z AUTO 11011G17KT 060V130 10SM SCT095 39/15 A2982 RMK AO2 T03930145

## 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 20250813010379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250813010379A), Aug 13, 2025: Cessna P210N, Zapata, TX, Substantial damage. 8/13/2025, Aircraft and two soles on board departed mcallen international airport (kmfe) at 17:15 conducting part-91 VFR flight enroute to laredo Texas,…

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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