# Accident 19960705016299A: Cessna 210, Boston, MA, July 5, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1996, 19:15 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3527° N, 70.9925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3527&lon=-70.9925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N131AC-2012-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC96LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960705016299A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE, TRIED TO LAND, ENGINE FAILED ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY, LANDED IN WATER. (-23) AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES SOUTH OF BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AN ALTITUDE OF 3,000 TO 3,500 FEET MSL.  ATC VECTORED AIRCRAFT TOWARD LOGAN AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 30-50 FEET FROM SEA WALL OF RUNWAY 33L.  PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC96LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA141), Jul 5, 1996: Cessna 210 (N131AC), Boston, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a fracture failure of the crankcase, which resulted in separation of the number five cylinder, loss of engine power, and a ditched landing.

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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