# Incident 19831210069889I: Cessna 210L, Frankfort, IN, December 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1983, 11:45 local time
- Place: Frankfort, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2796° N, 86.5379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2796&lon=-86.5379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30793, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30793-2011-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 500 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831210069889I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT. UNABLE TO RESTART LANDED IN A FIELD. NO APPARENT CAUSE HAS BEEN FOUND. SOME MOISTURE IN FUEL.

## Other reports on N30793 (1)

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

- [Incident 20030816022669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030816022669I), Aug 16, 2003: Cessna 210L (N30793), Houston, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Post flight inspection found internal "o" ring in landing gear assembly to be faulty which prevented the landing gear from fully extending.

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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