# Incident 20030617019109I: Cessna P210N, Fort Wayne, IN, June 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2003, 12:17 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N159WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N159WW-2011-06-22) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030617019109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 8000 FT WHEN HE HEARD A POP SOUND IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. PILOT REDUCED POWER AND ASKED ATC FOR VECTORS TO FWA AIRPORT. A/C LANDED ON RWA 14 AT FWA W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. A CALL FROM OUR OFFICE (SBN FSDO) TO MERCURY AVIATION IN FWA CONFIRMED THAT A/C ENGINE PISTON ROD HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N159WW (1)

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

- [Incident 19990211019659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990211019659I), Feb 11, 1999: Cessna P210N (N159WW), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (-5) Inadequate flare on landing resulted on hard landing on nose wheel followed by 3 bounces. Nose wheel broke off on last bounce.

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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