# Accident 19810527028999A: Cessna 210N, Olathe, KS, May 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1981, 15:09 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Johnson Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8814° N, 94.8191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olathe, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8814&lon=-94.8191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7317A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7317A-2002-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,414 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810527028999A

## Narrative

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

FIRE IN FLIGHT FROM SHORTED ELECTRICAL WIRES. ANTI-CHAFING PAD TO PROTECT WIRES WAS MISSING. LANDED SAFELY.

## 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 MKC81FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA037), May 27, 1981: Cessna 210N (N7317A), Olathe, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7317A (2)

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

- [Accident 19991107045919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991107045919A), Nov 7, 1999: Cessna 210N (N7317A), Atlanta, GA, No damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] was the PIC of N7317A, a Cessna 210 n, that departed pdk 1143 local on 11/07/99 on a VFR flight. Four minutes after departure…
- [Accident 19800312005009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800312005009A), Mar 12, 1980: Cessna 210N (N7317A), Olathe, KS, Substantial damage. Airplane stalled at level-off over runway. Hit runway, bounced into a ditch. Found ice on ruptured wing boot.

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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