# Incident 19920922044339I: Cessna 210M, Birmingham, AL, September 22, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1992, 02:05 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6554B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6554B-2002-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,141 total, 750 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920922044339I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE MALFUNCTION ON CLIMB. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. FOUND ONE CYLINDER WAS BROKE AND PART OF PISTON VISABLE.

## Other reports on N6554B (2)

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

- [Incident 19991123031679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991123031679I), Nov 23, 1999: Cessna 210M (N6554B), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. (-23) On approach to landing the pilot received a gear horn and unsafe light. Attempts to recycle the gear failed. Pilot made go-around. Pilot determined…
- [Incident 19910619028259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910619028259I), Jun 19, 1991: Cessna 210M (N6554B), Tampa, FL. Smoke in cockpit after takeoff. Returned. Found aircraft ammeter shorted to ground.

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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