# Incident 19950401006369I: Cessna 210L, Geneva, AL, April 1, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1995, 21:55 local time
- Place: Geneva, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0433° N, 85.8758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Geneva, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0433&lon=-85.8758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4909U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4909U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210E (registry code 2073416, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210e) (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 IO520K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 500 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/19950401006369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED AFTER DEPARTURE FROM A NEARBY PVT. AIRPORT TO GENEVA, AL WHEN HE LEVELED OUT THE ENGINE QUIT. HE WENT THROUGH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, CONTACTED CAIRNS APP AND MADE AN OFF THE AIRPORT LANDING IN A SOD FIELD, WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, AND NO INJURIES. TALKED TO A & P/IA WHO INSPECTED THE ENGINE AND FOUND THE MAIN FUEL LINE TO THE SPIDER UNIT BROKEN. HE WILL SUBMIT M OR D FORM WITH PART NUMBER.

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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