# Incident 19880120008569I: Cessna T210N, Redmond, OR, January 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1988, 13:47 local time
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2607° N, 121.1824° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redmond, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2607&lon=-121.1824&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6988N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6988N-2020-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880120008569I

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED SEVERE DOWNDRAFT AND TURBULENCE. LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. RECOVERED AT A LOWER ALTITUDE. PILOT INJURED

## Other reports on N6988N (1)

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

- [Accident 20180415014829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180415014829A), Apr 15, 2018: Cessna T210N (N6988N), Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. On April 15, 2018 at 12:50 pm MDT a Cessna 210N, N6988N registered to fly elite aviation collided with a guardrail while attempting to land on a road near the…

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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