Cessna 210N N4804P

Summary

On 16 May 2003 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 210N registered N4804P was involved in an accident near Lewistown, Montana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 May 2003 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lewistown, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT)

Coordinates

47.0492, -109.4667

Aircraft

Cessna 210N

Registration

N4804P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hamilton → Lewistown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA03LA087

Nobody was injured.

The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. The condition of the runway overrun was a factor.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While reducing power on left downwind to configure the airplane for landing, the engine began to run rough. The pilot reapplied power and the engine smoothed out. Reducing power a second time, the engine ran rough again. After reapplying power the pilot raised the nose to slow to landing gear operating speed. After lowering the landing gear and extending the flaps to 10 degrees, and seeing he had the runway made, the pilot turned base, reduced power, and the engine quit. The airplane landed 300 to 350 feet short of the runway on the grassy extension to the runway, subsequently proceeding through a rocky area which was approximately 6 inches below the level of the runway. An FAA inspector reported that the distance from the threshold ground level to the overrun pavement surface of 6 inches exceeds the recommended maximum of 3 inches, and contributed to the substantial damage of the aircraft. The impact with the lip of the runway knocked the nose gear back, damaged the right main gear, and bent the propeller. A post-accident examination of the engine revealed no anomalies which would have prevented normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.