# Accident 19790218003159A: Cessna 210, Rio Linda, CA, February 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1979, 11:45 local time
- Place: Rio Linda, CA
- Airport: Rio Linda
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6750° N, 121.4454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIO LINDA (L36), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6750&lon=-121.4454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2368F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2368F-2013-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 207 total, 3 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790218003159A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO ENGINE CRANKSHAFT FAILURE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB OAK79DVG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG14), Feb 18, 1979: Cessna 210 (N2368F), Rio Linda, CA, substantial damage

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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