# Incident 19950316007779I: Cessna T210N, Ennis, TX, March 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1995, 16:31 local time
- Place: Ennis, TX
- Airport: Ennis Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3297° N, 96.6639° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ENNIS MUNI (F41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3297&lon=-96.6639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N656MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N656MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950316007779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ACFT DEPARTED DAL ENROUTE 3R9. DURING CLIMB TO 6,000 FT., PILOT STATED ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE WAS VERY HIGH AND MAY HAVE TO LAND AT WACO. ACFT WAS VECTORED TO VOR APPROACH FOR F41 (ENNIS MUNI). ACFT WAS UNABLE TO INTERCEPT THE 237 RADIAL FOR THE APPROACH THREE SUBSEQUENT TIMES.. PILOT STATES THAT ENG. PRESSURE WAS VERY LOW AT THIS TIME AND ENGINE QUIT AT 300 TO 400 FT ALTITUDE. PILOT MADE POWER-OFF EMERGENCY LANDING IN OPEN FIELD NEXT TO ENNIS HIGH SCHOOL. 3-10-95: TEARDOWN INSP. OF ENGINE FOUND #5 CONN ROD BEARING FAILED DUE TO OIL STARVATION; #2 CYL HOLED BY DETONATION, APPARENTLY CAUSING OIL LOSS. OTHER CYLS LEAN, BUT NO SIGN OF DETONATION. FLOW CK OF INJECTION SYSTEM, TO INCLUDE PUMP, APPEARED WITHIN LIMITS. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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