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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna P210N · Helena, MT · July 3, 1981

Date
July 3, 1981 · 20:00 local
Place
Helena, MT
Airport
Helena County
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5174Y
Reported as
Cessna P210N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total185 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Forced landing due to excessive fuel flow. Wire from battery solenoid to master switch shorted fuel pump. Cont run.

As the FAA filed it

FORCED LANDING DUE TO EXCESSIVE FUEL FLOW.WIRE FROM BATTERY SOLENOID TO MASTER SWITCH SHORTED FUEL PUMP. CONT RUN.