# Incident 19780820049089I: Cessna 210L, Fountain Valley, CA, August 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1978, 19:16 local time
- Place: Fountain Valley, CA
- Airport: Mile Square Park
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7106° N, 117.9511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fountain Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7106&lon=-117.9511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N732BP-1984-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,450 total, 25 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780820049089I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE FAILURE ENROUTE. LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE ON OLD AIR STRIP. 20 TEETH ON CAMSHAFT GEAR WERE GROUND AWAY

## Other reports on N732BP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820917047011A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820917047011A), Sep 17, 1982: Cessna 210L (N732BP), Huntington Beac, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft struck N9FQ in right wing area when on heading approximately 160 degrees.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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