# Incident 19920705030889I: Cessna 210, Big Spring, TX, July 5, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1992, 12:40 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2383° N, 101.4857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Spring, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2383&lon=-101.4857&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7481E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7481E-2004-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO470E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 130 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920705030889I

## Narrative

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

OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO. ENGINE FAILED. FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY. FOUND A POSSIBLE FAILED OIL PUMP.

## Other reports on N7481E (1)

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

- [Incident 19950111003959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950111003959I), Jan 11, 1995: Cessna 210 (N7481E), Springdale, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: history of flight: on January 11, 1995 at 1510 CST, a Cessna 210, N7481E operated by william f. smith a commercial pilot incurred failure of the…

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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