# Incident 20071010825529I: Cessna 210M, Dothan, AL, October 10, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2007, 10:00 local time
- Place: Dothan, AL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2232° N, 85.3905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dothan, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2232&lon=-85.3905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N994RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N994RA-2020-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 800 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071010825529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2007, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED MONTGOMERY AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM. THEY WERE HEADING TO TALLAHASSEE, FL WHEN THEY NOTICED THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE WAS A LITTLE HIGH. THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING INTO DOTHAN, AL AIRPORT. THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES FROM DOTHAN, WHEN THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE STARTED TO DROP. THREE MILES FROM DOTHAM THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE PILOT MADE A 60 DEGREE TURN AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE IN A COTTON FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM THE DOTHAN AIRPORT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE INCURRED NO DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N994RA (1)

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

- [Accident 20090623017899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090623017899A), Jun 23, 2009: Cessna 210M (N994RA), Lodi, WI, Minor damage. (-23) On 6/23/09 at 0019Z a Cessna 210 N994RA flown by a Mr. James a. miller certificate number 3103586 was flying to msn. While enroute about 35 miles north…

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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