# Incident 19820110003599I: Cessna 210N, Fredericksburg, VA, January 10, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 1982, 14:45 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2993° N, 77.4867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fredericksburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2993&lon=-77.4867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4968C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4968C-1988-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210N (registry code 2073453, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210N
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820110003599I

## Narrative

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

ZG ZA PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY WHEN A ROD WENT THROUGH THE ENGINE CASE.

## Other reports on N4968C (1)

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

- [Accident 19870129002019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870129002019A), Jan 29, 1987: Cessna 210N (N4968C), Chicago, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft impacted the ground during a night IFR. Faulty lighting may have caused pilot disorientation.

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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