# Incident 19800119018889I: Cessna 210D, Gaines, MI, January 19, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1980, 12:05 local time
- Place: Gaines, MI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8725° N, 83.9108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaines, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8725&lon=-83.9108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3890Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3890Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210D (registry code 2073414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 60 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/19800119018889I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE BEGAN VIBRATING. OIL ON WINDSHIELD. LANDED IN FIELD. HOLE FOUND IN CASE BETWEEN CYLINDERS 5 & 6.

## Other reports on N3890Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20051008031049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051008031049I), Oct 8, 2005: Cessna 210D (N3890Y), Boyceville, WI, Minor damage. (-23) Mistakenly identified the gear warning horn as the stall warning. Forgot to put the landing gear down and landed on the asphalt runway and skidded to a…

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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