# Incident 19880316049669I: Cessna 210L, Billings, MT, March 16, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1988, 17:30 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HSRA
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2180S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2180S-1990-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,550 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88IA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88IA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880316049669I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING ON FREEWAY DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. FOUND CRANKCASE RUPTURED BY NUMBER 4 ROD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN88IA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88IA083), Mar 17, 1988: Cessna 210 (N2180S), Billings, MT, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N2180S (1)

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

- [Incident 19820630037109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820630037109I), Jun 30, 1982: Cessna 210L (N2180S), Hyannis, NE, Minor damage. Hit soft spot while landing on a ranch field. Airplane nosed up.

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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