# Incident 19871107082299I: Cessna 210L, Ames, IA, November 7, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1987, 18:55 local time
- Place: Ames, IA
- Airport: Ames Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9920° N, 93.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AMES MUNI (AMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9920&lon=-93.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732DZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N732DZ) (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 IO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871107082299I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE VIBRATION.SMOKE IN COCKPIT. VECTORED TO AMES, IA. NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NR3 CYLINDER HEAD HAD FRACTURED.

## Other reports on N732DZ (2)

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

- [Incident 19880105004209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880105004209I), Jan 5, 1988: Cessna 210L (N732DZ), Perry, IA, Minor damage. Engine failed in flight. Pilot landed gear up in a field. Engine oil cooler split on bottom left side.
- [Accident 19831231065019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831231065019A), Dec 31, 1983: Cessna 210L (N732DZ), Des Moines, IA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel approaching airport. Crash landed in a parking lot. Airborne 5 hrs en route. Fuel range 5 plus 30 min.

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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