# Incident 19890710051069I: Cessna 210E, Fresno, CA, July 10, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CNRA
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4903U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4903U-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,350 total, 400 in this make and model, 275 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890710051069I

## Narrative

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

HEARD A BREAKING SOUND ON CLIMBOUT. ENGINE SPUTTERING. RETURNED. PROPELLER HAD BROKEN OFF AT CRANKSHAFT.

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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