# Incident 20020814029519I: Cessna 210L, Allegan, MI, August 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2002, 10:50 local time
- Place: Allegan, MI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5311° N, 85.8392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allegan, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5311&lon=-85.8392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29002, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29002) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020814029519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/14/02, N29002, CE-210-L ENROUTE FROM CVG, OH TO TVC, MI EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE DURING FLIGHT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS ABOUT 10:50 LOCAL TIME AND DIVERTED TO ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT PADEGHAM AIRPORT (35D). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. THE PADEGHAM AIRPORT WAS CLOSED AT THAT TIME DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE AIRPORT. THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. PILOT IS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE AIRCRAFT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT #5 CYLINDER FROM THE ENGINE BLEW UP AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO RUN ROUGH. THIS INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N29002 (2)

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

- [Incident 20070617825359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070617825359I), Jun 17, 2007: Cessna 210L (N29002), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. (-23) While in the traffic pattern at kluk the pilot failed to lower his landing gear after being cleared for the option on runway 03L. The aircraft landed…
- [Incident 19790914035549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790914035549I), Sep 14, 1979: Cessna 210 (N29002), Beaumont, TX, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower gear before landing, during touch and goes. He did not hear warning horn, which did operate.

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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