# Incident 19810318025599I: Cessna 210, Spokane, WA, March 18, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1981, 21:12 local time
- Place: Spokane, WA
- Airport: Fairchild Afb
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6151° N, 117.6558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRCHILD AFB (SKA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6151&lon=-117.6558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7340E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7340E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810318025599I

## Narrative

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

DURING DESCENT ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE.  FUND OIL SUMP DENTED AND SPLIT. OIL LEAK.

## Other reports on N7340E (1)

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

- [Incident 20010709014839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010709014839I), Jul 9, 2001: Cessna 210 (N7340E), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. (-23) During the reconstruction of this aircraft, the engine was removed and overhauled by the owner, at which time, all systems were removed and rebuilt or…

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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