# NTSB LAX71FUJ55: Cessna 210, N7417E, Buckeye, AZ, January 18, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1971
- Place: Buckeye, AZ · BUCKEYE, AZ
- Location: 33.3703° N, 112.5838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buckeye, AZ, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3703&lon=-112.5838&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159422
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX71FUJ55
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71FUJ55

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0154  71/1/18  NR.BUCKEYE,ARIZ       CESSNA 210          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 640
        TIME - 1530                    N7417E              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 532 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PHOENIX,ARIZ                HARQUAHALLA RCH,ARIZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
        REMARKS- THROTTLE ROD END BEARING CAME LOOSE FROM ROD END.NO THROTTLE CTL,ENG WENT TO IDLE.LNDD ON DIRT RD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7417E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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