# Incident 19931021051129I: Cessna 210, Moline, IL, October 21, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1993, 09:58 local time
- Place: Moline, IL
- Airport: Quad-City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4600° N, 90.4929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUAD-CITY (I04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4600&lon=-90.4929&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8127L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8127L) (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 210
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 675 total, 200 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931021051129I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON OCTOBER 21, 1993 AT 1558 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N8127L, A CESSNA 210L OWNED BY FLYING COUNTRY CLUB OF COAL VALLEY, IL OPERATED BY MIKE NEELS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 480703642 DEPARTED MOLINE QUAD CITY AIRPORT RUNWAY 27 NORTH BOUND. NINE MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE MOLINE TOWER THAT HE SMELLED SMOKE AND WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE BELLY AND PROPELLER. AN INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE STARTER HAD REMAINED ENGAGED WHICH CAUSED THE ALTERNATOR TO GO OFF LINE AND DRAINED THE CHARGE FROM THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY PREVENTING THE LANDING GEAR FROM OPERATING. A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WAS FORWARDED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N8127L (1)

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

- [Incident 19861112066779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861112066779I), Nov 12, 1986: Cessna 210L (N8127L), New Windsor, IL. Engine ran rough and quit en route. Landed in a field. Water was found in the fuel system.

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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