# Incident 19910411018179I: Cessna 210L, La Crosse, WI, April 11, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1991, 15:00 local time
- Place: La Crosse, WI
- Airport: La Crosse Municipal
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8793° N, 91.2566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA CROSSE RGNL (LSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8793&lon=-91.2566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1691X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1691X-2012-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910411018179I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AT CRUISE. LANDED SAFELY. FIELD WIRE FROM ALTERNATOR TO VALTAGE REGULATOR WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N1691X (2)

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

- [Incident 19930410011909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930410011909I), Apr 10, 1993: Cessna 210 (N1691X), Oklahoma City, OK, Minor damage. Aircraft ballooned on landing. Bounced three times. Nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19910220005819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910220005819I), Feb 20, 1991: Cessna 210L (N1691X), Walker, MN. Fuel exhaustion. Emergency landing on a road. Fueled with 15 gallons of fuel and flown off the road.

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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