# Incident 19810327023749I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Bloomfield, IN, March 27, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1981, 17:15 local time
- Place: Bloomfield, IN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0261° N, 86.9374° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomfield, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0261&lon=-86.9374&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N756MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 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/19810327023749I

## Narrative

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

ZA ENGINE LOST POWER IN CRUISE. FOUND NO. 2 ROD FAILURE. ENGINE CASE BROKEN ON TOP LEFT SIDE. NO. 1 CYL SCUFFED.

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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