# Incident 20000818026339I: Cessna T210F, Montague, CA, August 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2000, 23:40 local time
- Place: Montague, CA
- Airport: Montague Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7271° N, 122.5305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montague, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7271&lon=-122.5305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6777R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6777R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210F (registry code 2073422, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210F
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520C
- Pilot flight hours: 22,800 total, 250 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000818026339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING DESCENT TO STURGIS, KY AIRPORT THE PILOT STATED THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. HE STATED HE SWITCHED TANKS WITH NO CHANGE. THE ENGINE THEN STOPPED AND THE PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD 1/2 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT. NOSE GEAR BROKE OFF AND SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP UPON LANDING. A MECHANIC FOUND A CRACKED FUEL LINE TO THE ENGINE WHICH IS SUSPECTED AS THE CAUSE OF THE ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE.

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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