# Incident 19790624016439I: Cessna 210E, Latrobe, PA, June 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Latrobe, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3124° N, 79.3826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Latrobe, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3124&lon=-79.3826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4974U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4974U-2018-03-05) (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 210E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 700 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/19790624016439I

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, PILOT FOLLOWED PLACARDED PROCEDURE AND REGAINED POWER ON SECOND ATTEMPT.

## Other reports on N4974U (2)

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

- [Accident 20040216003139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040216003139A), Feb 16, 2004: Cessna 210E (N4974U), Pittsburgh, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) Airworthiness directive (AD) 76-14-07/R2 applies to the aircraft's main landing gear saddles (left and right main gear). This AD has two basic parts,…
- [Incident 19891012039949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891012039949I), Oct 12, 1989: Cessna 210E (N4974U), Pittsburgh, PA, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to extend gear and landed with gear up. Damaged fuselage.

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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