# Incident 19971216042529I: Cessna 210, Kalamazoo, MI, December 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1997, 19:16 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Kalamazoo County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6313R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6313R-2021-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,285 total, 262 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971216042529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 19:10 EST THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 210 REPORTED ENGINE ROUGHNESS AND SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT WHILE ON A NINE MILE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT (AZO) KALAMAZOO INT'L AIRPORT. UPON LANDING THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY STRUCK THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THUS, ALSO STRIKING THE PROPELLER. NUMBER 5 CYLINDER CRACKED AND SEPARATED AT THE BARREL CAUSING OIL TO FLOW ON TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CREATING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT.

## Other reports on N6313R (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200814014079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200814014079I), Aug 14, 2020: Cessna 172RG (N6313R), Alabaster, AL, Minor damage. The pilot, a flight instructor, was practicing touch and go's with a student pilot when on approach for another landing, the pilot noticed that his right main…
- [Incident 20000623028089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000623028089I), Jun 23, 2000: Cessna 172RG (N6313R), Grand Rapids, MN, Minor damage. (-23)Landing gpz pilot could not get nose gear to extend. With maintenance and Cessna aircraft on the telephone several more attempts were made with the same…

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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