# Incident 20000329000759I: Cessna T210N, Des Moines, IA, March 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2000, 16:43 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FPIA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6108Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6108Y-2007-03-29) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 900 in this make and model, 375 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000329000759I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT 740 WAS APPROACHING DES MOINES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DES MOINES, IA, WHEN LOUD NOISE IN AIRCRAFT OVERHEAD SPEAKER WAS NOTICED. BLUE/WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER INSTRUMENT PANEL ON BOTH SIDES. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, LANDED ON RWY 13L, EXITED RUNWAY, AND EVACUATED AIRCRAFT. PILOT WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FOR SMOKE INHALATION.

## Other reports on N6108Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20041027026759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041027026759A), Oct 27, 2004: Cessna T210N (N6108Y), Raymond, MS, Destroyed. (-23) The engine had approximately 1300 hours since overhaul. Overhaul is at 1700 hours. During engine disassembly the number two main bearing shows that the…

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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