# Incident 19790723021219I: Cessna 210F, Billings, MT, July 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1979, 19:00 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Logan International
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5812F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5812F-2003-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210F (registry code 2073418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 500 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/19790723021219I

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANG AND LOSS OF POWER DURING APPROACH. CONNECTING ROD BROKE, CYLINDER THRU CRANCASE.

## Other reports on N5812F (2)

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

- [Accident 19750527012119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750527012119A), May 27, 1975: Cessna 210F (N5812F), Pompeys Pillar, MT, Substantial damage. Struck tv antenna drg low pass over house. Severed hyd line,un to lower gear,made whls-up ldg.
- [Accident 19741201038299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741201038299A), Dec 1, 1974: Cessna 210F (N5812F), Ballatine, MT, Substantial damage. Acft lnd on hwy,swerved off side.

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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