# Incident 19980911042189I: Cessna T210N, Bellflower, MO, September 11, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1998, 08:44 local time
- Place: Bellflower, MO
- Airport: Sanctuary Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: C13A
- Location: 38.9597° N, 91.3039° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANCTUARY (MO86), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9597&lon=-91.3039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9535Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9535Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,317 total, 509 in this make and model, 330 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980911042189I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MKC) AFTER DEPARTURE FROM CAHOKIA-ST.LOUIS, ILLINOIS (CPS). WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED ENGINE "LAG", ALONG WITH SEVERE VIBRATION AND LOSS OF ENGINE OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND A EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN HERMANN, MISSOURI (MO86) WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING, NUMBER FIVE ENGINE PISTON ROD WAS FOUND PUSHED THRU ENGINE OIL PAN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL TUNNEL. ENGINE TEARDOWN REPORT INDICATED THAT THE NUMBER FINE PISTON CONNECTING ROD BOLT FAILED, CAUSING THE SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE. OPERATOR HAS SUBMITTED A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT (M&D) REPORT, DATED 12/19/98. THIS INCIDENT #CE98IGA0123 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9535Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19880501020459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880501020459I), May 1, 1988: Cessna T210N (N9535Y), Indianola, IA, Minor damage. Pilot stated gear horn did not come on. Did not lower landing gear and landed with gear up.

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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