# NTSB SEA07CA239: Cessna 210L, N75032, Cottage Grove, OR, August 25, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 25, 2007, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Cottage Grove, OR
- Coordinates: 43.79972, -123.028892
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7997&lon=-123.0289&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66508
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA239
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66508/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA239

## Probable cause

The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason.  A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, emergency landing after takeoff
- In flight collision with object, emergency landing after takeoff
  - object - tree(s)
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)

## Analysis

According to the pilot, the airplane was out of annual inspection and had been in storage with the wings removed for an unknown time period.  He reassembled the airplane and applied for a ferry permit to relocate the airplane to a location where further maintenance was to be conducted.  A ferry permit was issued.  The pilot fueled the airplane with 35 gallons in the left wing and no fuel in the right wing.  During the takeoff initial climb, the engine lost power.  The pilot switched the fuel boost pump to the high position and the engine ran momentarily and lost power again.  The pilot executed a forced landing and the airplane collided with trees and came to rest in a pond.  An FAA inspector examined the airplane after it was recovered from the pond, but was unable to determine the reason for the loss of engine power.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, the airplane was out of annual inspection and had been in storage with the wings removed for an unknown time period.  He reassembled the airplane and applied for a ferry permit to relocate the airplane to a location where further maintenance was to be conducted.  A ferry permit was issued.  The pilot fueled the airplane with 35 gallons in the left wing and no fuel in the right wing.  During the takeoff initial climb, the engine lost power.  The pilot switched the fuel boost pump to the high position and the engine ran momentarily and lost power again.  The pilot executed a forced landing and the airplane collided with trees and came to rest in a pond.  An FAA inspector examined the airplane after it was recovered from the pond, but was unable to determine the reason for the loss of engine power.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N75032](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75032-2012-10-31), registration cancelled 2012-10-31, S/N 21060451 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 210L
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21060451
- Engines: Continental IO-520 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 61S, Cottage Grove, OR
- Destination: S12, Albany, OR
- Airport: 61S, Cottage Grove State, runway 15, 3,188 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine sea; medical: class 2; flight hours: 8,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.01 inHg
- Observed at: EUG

## 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 20070825022769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825022769A), Aug 25, 2007: Cessna 210L, Cottage Grove, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot intended to ferry the aircraft to a location where more extensive maintenance could be performed. Aircraft had not been flown in seventeen years.…

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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