# Incident 19870303027949I: Cessna T210L, Butte, MT, March 3, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1987, 11:00 local time
- Place: Butte, MT
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0038° N, 112.5347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butte, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0038&lon=-112.5347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525KW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525KW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,050 total, 900 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870303027949I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT IN LEVEL FLIGHT.  LANDED ON A HIGHWAY.  BOTH MAGNETOS HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N525KW (1)

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

- [Incident 19900515024929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900515024929I), May 15, 1990: Cessna T210L (N525KW), New Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Right passenger door departed en route. Rear window blew out. Landed safely. Upper deck hinge failed.

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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