# Incident 20041218034759I: Cessna T210N, Reynolds, IN, December 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2004, 10:10 local time
- Place: Reynolds, IN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7492° N, 86.8743° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reynolds, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7492&lon=-86.8743&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5130A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5130A) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 450 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041218034759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM KANKAKEE, IL TO KOKOMO, IN AT 3500 FEET ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. SEVERAL MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THERE WAS A SLIGHT UNCOMMANDED POWER CHANGE. WHILE THE PILOT WAS KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT PROBLEM, THE OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. ATC POINTED OUT THE CLOSEST AIRPORT WAS ABOUT SEVEN MILES AWAY. THE PILOT STATED TO ATC THAT HE COULDN'T MAKE THAT AIRPORT AND WOULD LAND ON A BEAN FIELD BELOW. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ON LANDING. THE #2 CONNECTING ROD FAILED AND FRACTURED THE TOP LEFT PORTION OF THE ENGINE CAUSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL. (-23 AMENDMENT) THE NUMBER 2 CONNECTING ROD FAILED BREAKING THE CRANKCASE AND KNOCKING THE LEFT MAGNETO FROM THE MOUNT. THE ROD SHOWED FRICTION WELDING TO THE CRANK PRIOR TO FAILURE. THE COUNTERWEIGHT WAS DAMAGED BY IMPACT WITH THE ROD. IT APPEARS THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE BRIEFLY FOLLOWING THE ROD SEIZURE. OVERBOOSTING OF THE ENGINE BY A FAULTY TURBO CHARGING SYSTEM MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONNECTING ROD FAILURE.

## Other reports on N5130A (5)

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

- [Incident 20211208020919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211208020919I), Dec 8, 2021: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Clewiston, FL, Minor damage. Part 91, operating a Cessna T210N, registration N5130A, serial number 21063280 with one pilot and one passenger on aboard aircraft overshot runway at Airglades…
- [Incident 20210506008139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210506008139I), May 6, 2021: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Boca Raton, FL, Minor damage. On may 6, 2021, at approximately 16:04 eastern standard time, Cessna T210N N5130A, registered to [privacy data omitted] west palm beach, FL on a 14 CFR 91…
- [Incident 20120629012829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120629012829I), Jun 29, 2012: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Summerland Key, FL, Minor damage. The pilot failed to select the landing gear position lever to the down position prior to landing. This caused a gear up landing.
- [Incident 20050410031769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050410031769I), Apr 10, 2005: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Reynolds, IN, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was attempting takeoff in a cultivated field. Pilot and assistant packed the takeoff surface with a truck. Runup and static power check were…
- [Incident 19810508029559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810508029559I), May 8, 1981: Cessna T210N (N5130A), Medford, WI, Minor damage. During taxi on soft taxi way prop struck the ground.

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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