# Incident 19810411015509I: Cessna T210N, Jamaica, NY, April 11, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1981, 10:53 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: Jfk
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5417C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5417C-1990-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19810411015509I

## Narrative

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

ZT NUMBER 1 NAV RADIO DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING IN CRUISE NO SYSTEM DAMAGE DECLARED EMERGENCY AND UNEVENTFUL LANDING.

## Other reports on N5417C (1)

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

- [Accident 19891210049499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891210049499A), Dec 10, 1989: Cessna T210N (N5417C), Rutherfordton, NC, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Indicates pilot lost control on VOR approach. Crashed into trees and a house.

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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