# Incident 19960118003589I: Cessna 210L, Salem, MO, January 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1996, 18:25 local time
- Place: Salem, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DFJA
- Location: 37.6396° N, 91.5349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salem, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6396&lon=-91.5349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50DB-2002-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960118003589I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N50DB, A CESSNA 210-L WAS PILOTED BY DAVID SULHOFF ON 01-18-96, WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED TO PROVIDE POWER FOR CONTINUED FLIGHT. MR SULHOFF LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON MISSOURI HIGHWAY 68, APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF SALEM, MISSOURI. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR. DRAINING FUEL FROM THE LEFT MAIN TANK, LEFT HEADER TANK, AND RIGHT HEADER TANK APPEARED NORMAL. THE RIGHT WING TANK WOULD DRAIN FUEL AT A REDUCED FLOW. THE GASCOLATOR WAS FROZEN AND NOTHING WOULD DRAIN. HEAT WAS APPLIED TO THE GENERAL AREA UNTIL THE BOWL ASSEMBLY COULD BE REMOVED. THERE WAS A BLOCK OF ICE FILLING THE INSIDE OF THE GASCOLATOR. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE ICE AND THE BOWL ASSEMBLY WAS REINSTALLED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RUN UP NORMALLY. INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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