# Incident 19820420017279I: Cessna 210, Fullerton, CA, April 20, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1982, 17:20 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8857° N, 117.9280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fullerton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8857&lon=-117.9280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6158N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820420017279I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM ENGINE IN PATTERN. SHUT DOWN ELECTRIC SYSTEM. PROBLEM WAS LEAKY O RING ON TURBO CHARGER SEAL.

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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