# Incident 19831108070499I: Cessna 207, Buffalo, ND, November 8, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1983, 15:00 local time
- Place: Buffalo, ND
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AFEA
- Location: 46.9193° N, 97.5506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9193&lon=-97.5506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N207CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N207CA-1988-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 207 (registry code 2073602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 207
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831108070499I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE MALFUNCTION. EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY. CRANKSHAFT BROKE. ONE CONNECTING ROD BROKE.

## Other reports on N207CA (1)

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

- [Accident 19880404048919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880404048919A), Apr 4, 1988: Cessna 207 (N207CA), Hardwick, MN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Observed flying erratically over a farm. Dived into trees and farm buildings cause unknown. Possible incapacitation

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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