# Incident 19850406014699I: Cessna 210L, Jackson, TN, April 6, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1985, 15:30 local time
- Place: Jackson, TN
- Airport: Mckellar
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6145° N, 88.8139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jackson, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6145&lon=-88.8139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2157S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2157S) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850406014699I

## Narrative

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

LOST ELEVATOR CONTROL AFTER TAKEOFF. LANDED USING TRIM TAB AND POWER. ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLE FAILED.

## Other reports on N2157S (2)

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

- [Accident 20100708037619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100708037619A), Jul 8, 2010: Cessna 210L (N2157S), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed castroville municipal airport, TX (cvb) enroute to Ellington Field, TX (efd). Upon approach to efd there was no safe gear indication. Pilot…
- [Accident 19991001044149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991001044149A), Oct 1, 1999: Cessna 210L (N2157S), Fayetteville, AR, No damage. (-23) During a normal approach and landing, the right main landing gear collpsed during touchdown.

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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