# Incident 19871030077679I: Cessna P210N, Houston, TX, October 30, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1987, 13:55 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65M-1991-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,650 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871030077679I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. FOUND ENGINE FUEL LINE CONNECTION AT THE DISTRIBUTOR VALVE LOOSE. FUEL LEAKED OUT.

## Other reports on N65M (2)

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

- [Accident 19910425012519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910425012519A), Apr 25, 1991: Cessna P210N (N65M), Kansas City, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Fire in flight. Crash landed and burned. Turbocharger exhaust pipe came off. Pilot aware loss of power prior flight
- [Incident 19900413015539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900413015539I), Apr 13, 1990: Cessna P210N (N65M), St Louis, MO. Lost directional control on a crosswind landing rollout. Veered off runway.

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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