# Incident 19990707018819I: Cessna 210L, Orlando, FL, July 7, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1999, 14:10 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FPIA
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29278, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29278) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,510 total, 280 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990707018819I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON JULY 7, 1999, AT 1410 EST, A CESSNA 210, N29278, OPERATED BY FLIGHT EXPRESS INC., AND PILOTED BY MR. KEVIN SADLER WAS DESENDING TO LAND AT ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. AT APPROX. TEN MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD ADJACENT TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT DAMAGED.  POST INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE #3 CONNECTING ROD BOLT HAD FAILED.  THE CONNECTING ROD EXITED THE ENGINE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE.  THE ENGINE HAD BEEN SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR METALURGY TESTING.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREVAILED AND A VISUAL FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE PILOT, MR. SADLER HOLDS A COMMERICAL PILOTS CERTIFICATE WITH INSTRUMENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS RATINGS.

## Other reports on N29278 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820404017539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820404017539I), Apr 4, 1982: Cessna 210L (N29278), Eunice, LA, Minor damage. Failed to use landing checklist. Landed 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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