# Incident 19961112040379I: Cessna T210M, Coalinga, CA, November 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1996, 10:49 local time
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1402° N, 120.3520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coalinga, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1402&lon=-120.3520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N732LR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1,200 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/19961112040379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 11, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 P.M. PST, A CESSNA T210M, N732LR, REGISTERED TO AND FLOWN BY JOHN H. HORAK, WAS OVER COALINGA, CA. AT APPROXIMATELY 8,000 FEET, WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND FELT IT ON THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS TIME, FUEL FUMES AND SMOKE STARTED TO COME INTO THE COCKPIT, AND OIL STREAKS APPEARED ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT REACTED BY SHUTTING OFF THE FUEL FLOW AT THE MAIN SELECTOR VALVE AND THEN CALLING THE OAKLAND CENTER TO NOTIFY THEM OF HIS EMERGENCY. THE PILOT INFORMED OAKLAND CENTER THAT HE COULD NOT FLY TO AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT AND THAT HE WAS BEING FORCED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE HIS ENGINE WAS SEIZED UP. THE PILOT LANDED IN THE SAME DIRECTION OF THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 5. AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES WERE INCURRED BY PILOT OR PASSENGERS. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NO. 4 CYLINDER LOWER CONNECTING ROD JOURNAL HAD FAILED. SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE CASE WAS EVIDENT. ENGINE OIL WAS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ON THE WINDSHIELD, AND ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLINGS. THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 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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