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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210G · Escalante, UT · December 13, 1987

Date
December 13, 1987 · 13:30 local
Place
Escalante, UT
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6798R
Reported as
Cessna T210G
Reported engine
Continental IO520A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total600 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit at cruise altitude. Forced landing on a frozen lake. Cause of engine failure undetermined.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. FORCED LANDING ON A FROZEN LAKE. CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE UNDETERMINED.