# NTSB MKC85FPG02: Cessna 210L, N94257, Newport, AR, December 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: December 23, 1984, 21:30 local (Dec 24, 1984, 03:30 UTC)
- Place: Newport, AR
- Coordinates: 35.619731, -91.229965 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6197&lon=-91.2300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33868
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85FPG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33868/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FPG02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF PWR EN ROUTE. THE ENG AND PROP SEPARATED DURING THE ACCIDENT AND WERE SUBMERGED IN WATER WHICH PREVENTED AN EXAMINATION TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PWR LOSS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94257](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94257-2013-03-20), registration cancelled 2013-03-20, S/N 21060566, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 60566
- Airframe hours: 1435
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Roy B. Fulbright
- Registered owner: Maple Management
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 1984, 6 hours before
- Departed: BVX, BATESVILLE, AR
- Destination: M19, NEWPORT, AR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 20,100 total, 50 in this make and model, 19,990 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JBR, 35 nm away

## 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 19841223068449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841223068449A), Dec 23, 1984: Cessna 210L, Newport, AR, Destroyed. Lost engine power. Collided with trees on forced landing. Landed nose down in a wooded area in three feet of water.

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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