# Incident 19791208047979I: Cessna T210M, Elk City, OK, December 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1979, 05:03 local time
- Place: Elk City, OK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3896° N, 99.4287° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elk City, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3896&lon=-99.4287&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761RN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761RN-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 583 total, 200 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/19791208047979I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP ON HIGHWAY AFTER ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO CRANKSHAFT FAILURE.

## Other reports on N761RN (1)

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

- [Accident 19831206075509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831206075509A), Dec 6, 1983: Cessna T210M (N761RN), White Lake Town, MI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft crashed immediately after takeoff. Airplane had been parked out in snow before departure.

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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