# Incident 19900515024929I: Cessna T210L, New Bedford, MA, May 15, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1990, 17:30 local time
- Place: New Bedford, MA
- Airport: New Bedford Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NCLA
- Location: 41.6766° N, 70.9578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW BEDFORD RGNL (EWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6766&lon=-70.9578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525KW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525KW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 737 total, 32 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900515024929I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR DEPARTED EN ROUTE. REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT. LANDED SAFELY. UPPER DECK HINGE FAILED.

## Other reports on N525KW (1)

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

- [Incident 19870303027949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870303027949I), Mar 3, 1987: Cessna T210L (N525KW), Butte, MT. Engine quit in level flight. Landed on a highway. Both magnetos had failed.

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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