# Incident 19800315038449I: Cessna 210D, El Monte, CA, March 15, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N393Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N393Q-2015-04-30) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 250 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/19800315038449I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO INSUFFICIENT HYDRAULIC FLUID TO PROPERLY ACTUATE SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N393Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19810318000009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810318000009A), Mar 18, 1981: Cessna 210D (N393Q), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit on descent to airport. Landing on freeway, struck an embankment. Crankshaft counter weight broke off.

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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