# Incident 20000630034679I: Cessna P210N, Edinburg, TX, June 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2000, 08:20 local time
- Place: Edinburg, TX
- Airport: Edinburg International Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3031° N, 98.2074° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Edinburg Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3031&lon=-98.2074&mi=10
- Aircraft: N731RR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N731RR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,400 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000630034679I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AT APPROXIMATELY 0820 ON JUNE 30, 2000, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE CESSNA 210-P, N731RR.  THE IFR FLIGTH WAS ENROUTE FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO MCALLEN, TEXAS WITH THREE PASSENGERS ABOARD WAS CRUISING AT 7000 FEET.  AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY TO THE MFE 350 RADIAL AT 45 MILES THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THEN SMOKE BEGAN COMING INTO THE CABIN OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO THE EDINBURG, TEXAS AIRPORT.  VALLEY APPROACH CONTROL FOLLOWED THE FLIGHT BY RADAR.  THE GLIDE FELL SHORT OF EDINBURG AIRPORT SO A LANDING WAS MADE ON HIGHWAY 281.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOR INJURIES.  WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.  AIRPORT WAS NOT A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N731RR (2)

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

- [Accident 20060521008739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060521008739A), May 21, 2006: Cessna P210N (N731RR), Weslaco, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft emergency landed in a field on 600 park place drive in Weslaco, Texas due to loss of power from fuel starvation. Aircraft received damage to…
- [Accident 19860813040079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860813040079A), Aug 13, 1986: Cessna P210N (N731RR), Altus, OK, Destroyed. Engine failed en route. Vectored to a closed airport. Landed in a field and flipped over. Crankshaft broken.

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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