# Incident 19990621022809I: Cessna T210N, Montgomery City, MO, June 21, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1999
- Place: Montgomery City, MO
- Airport: Montgomery-Wehrman Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0125° N, 91.4193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Montgomery-Wehrman Airport (4MO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0125&lon=-91.4193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7235F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7235F-2017-06-30) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 800 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990621022809I

## Narrative

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

-23) CRUISING AT ALTITUDE OF 2700 FT. APPROX. 47 MILES WEST OF ST. CHARLES AIRPORT (3SQ) (DEPARTURE POINT), PILOT (THEBEAU) STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH.  HE CHECKED THE MIXTURE AND SWITCHED FUEL TANKS PER THE CHECKLIST.  THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE WERE IN THE GREEN.  HE CONTACTED MISSOU APPROACH AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT AND WAS INFORMED TO FLY HEADING 040 APPROX. 8 MILES TO MONTGOMERY CITY AIRPORT (4MO).  PILOT (THEBEAU) CHECKED THE ENGINE GAUGES AGAIN AND NOTED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE WAS ON THE LOW SIDE OF THE GREEN.  HE THEN SPOTTED THE AIRPORT (4MO) AND ENTERED A RIGHT BASE LEG FOR THE RUNWAY.  ON FINAL APPROACH PILOT (THEBEAU) PULLED THE THROTTLE OUT AND NOTED THAT THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS STILL 19".  PILOT (THEBEAU) DECIDED TO MAKE A GO AROUND BECAUSE THE AIRFIELD WAS FAIRLY SHORT AND WITH TREES AT BOTH ENDS.  HE THEN ADDED FULL POWER FOR THE GO AROUND AND THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED OFF FROM THERE.  PILOT (THEBEAU) THEN HEADED FOR THE CLOSEST OPEN FIELD WHICH WAS APPROX. 1/2 TO 1 MILE TO HIS LEFT.  AS HE GOT CLOSER THE ENGINE POWER DECREASED RAPIDLY.  PILOT (THEBEAU) CLEARED A DITCH IN THE FIELD, THE EN GINE QUIT OPERATING AND FORCED HIM TO LAND IN A PLOWED DIRT FIELD JUST SHORT OF A FENCE. PILOT (THEBEAU) REMOVED HIS TWO CHILDREN FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  PILOT NOTED OIL STREAMING DOWN LEFT SIDE OF FUSELAGE COMING FROM THE ENGINE.  AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NUMBER 4 ENGINE CYLINDER HAD A HOLE ON THE TOP SIDE.  THE ENGINE WAS NOT CEASED AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FUEL CONTAMINATION.  MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL FOLLOW.

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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