# Incident 19900111005169I: Cessna 310C, Oakland, CA, January 11, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1990, 12:45 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1793H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1793H-2025-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310C (registry code 2074210, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- Reported engine: CONT IO470D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,128 total, 1,022 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900111005169I

## Narrative

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

MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO FAILURE OF THE LEFT ENGINE. FOUND THE CRANKSHAFT BROKEN.

## Other reports on N1793H (1)

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

- [Incident 19900331012659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900331012659I), Mar 31, 1990: Cessna 310C (N1793H), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose wheel down and locked. Landed gear up. Found wire cutters jammed between gear and gear well.

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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