# NTSB Accident DFW05FA038
> **Cessna T210N** · 2004-12-14 · Abita Springs, LA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DFW05FA038
- **Event ID:** 20041220X02007
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-12-14
- **Location:** Abita Springs, LA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.444444, -89.993614
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** T210N
- **Registration:** N4873C
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.  Also causal was the pilot's improper in-flight emergency planning when he misjudged his available altitude and made a 360 degree turn away from the airport instead of proceeding directly to it, which resulted in him landing over a mile short of the runway in heavily wooded terrain.  A factor was the prevailing high wind.

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