# Accident 19800304004779A: Cessna 210A, Gary, IN, March 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1980, 14:45 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9420X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9420X-1981-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210A (registry code 2073408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210A
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 8 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FET11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800304004779A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMB TO CRUISE. LANDED IN A ROUGH FIELD. FOUND LOOSE FUEL LINE INJECTOR.

## 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 CHI80FET11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FET11), Mar 4, 1980: Cessna 210A (N9420X), Gary, IN, 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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