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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T210K · Chowchilla, CA · October 7, 2009

Date: October 7, 2009 · 14:00 local
Place: Chowchilla, CA
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N471GF
Reported as: Cessna T210K
Reported engine: Continental IO520*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 960 total250 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N471GFRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2010 · Cessna T210KS/N 21059453 · Built 1971 Airframe modelCessna T210K Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The Cessna T210 departed concord, CA. Airport for a personal flight to fresno-chandler airport. While at 3,000 ft MSL over the town of Chowchilla, CA. The aircraft's engine failed abruptly. The pilot felt the aircraft operating rough and eventually quit. After accomplisheing an emergency landing in a farm field, a small part was found under the engine cowling. Examination of the engine revealed a broken # 1 piston connecting and rod with two holes on the case and the right magneto was found laying unsecured without its accessory gear drive (found part). The aircraft torn its nose gear fork off on this field of freshly disked dirt. Two of the three propellor blades also sustained some damage by digging into the dirt. There was no structural damage found to classify as an accident,

As the FAA filed it

THE CESSNA T210 DEPARTED CONCORD, CA. AIRPORT FOR A PERSONAL FLIGHT TO FRESNO-CHANDLER AIRPORT. WHILE AT 3,000 FT MSL OVER THE TOWN OF CHOWCHILLA, CA. THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE FAILED ABRUPTLY. THE PILOT FELT THE AIRCRAFT OPERATING ROUGH AND EVENTUALLY QUIT. AFTER ACCOMPLISHEING AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD, A SMALL PART WAS FOUND UNDER THE ENGINE COWLING. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A BROKEN # 1 PISTON CONNECTING AND ROD WITH TWO HOLES ON THE CASE AND THE RIGHT MAGNETO WAS FOUND LAYING UNSECURED WITHOUT ITS ACCESSORY GEAR DRIVE (FOUND PART). THE AIRCRAFT TORN ITS NOSE GEAR FORK OFF ON THIS FIELD OF FRESHLY DISKED DIRT. TWO OF THE THREE PROPELLOR BLADES ALSO SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE BY DIGGING INTO THE DIRT. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FOUND TO CLASSIFY AS AN ACCIDENT,

Other reports on N471GF · 2

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

Incident 19971219040479ITo Aborted (Fixed Wing) · Concord, CAStudent aborted takeoff. Instructor reapplied power. Student would not release brakes . Overray runway flipped overDec 19, 1997 · Minor damage Incident 19810717052329IGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Burbank, CALost electric power on takeoff, landed ok with no lights. Prop struck curb taxiing in on unlighted taxiway.Jul 17, 1981 · Minor damage