# Incident 20130513009199I: Cessna P210N, Greensboro, NC, May 13, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2013, 12:01 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0726° N, 79.7920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0726&lon=-79.7920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5469X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5469X) (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 MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,076 total, 895 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130513009199I

## Narrative

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

05/13/2013--AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RDU INROUTE TO MSP. PILOT REPORTED, 12 TO 15 MILES NORTH OF GSO ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND MISFIRING#2 CHT PEGGED, #3 CHT ERRATIC INDICATIONS.

OIL TEMP AND PRESSURE SEEMED NORMAL. PILOT WAS VECTORED TO GSO AND DECLARED EMERGENCY. ENGINE WOULD NOT MAKE SELECTED POWER. LANDED WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR FIRE. TAXI TO RAMP AND STOPPED ENGINE.  FUEL SMELL STRONG. OBSERVED FUEL DRIPPING FROM COWLING AREA. MOVED FUEL SELECTOR TO OFF AND LEAK STOPPED. ATLANTIC AERO IN GSO WAS CONTRACTED TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCOVERED SOURCE OF FUEL LEAK WAS FUEL  PUMP ASSEMBLY. ANOROID TO PUMP SCREWS WERE LOOSE AND FUEL STAINS WERE EVIDENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. REPLACED FUEL PUMP WITH SERVICABLE UNIT. GROUND RUNS AND TEST FLIGHT PROVED SATISFACTORY.

FUEL PUMP DELIVERED TO TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL FOR DISASSEMBLY AND INVESTIGATION.

FUEL PUMP WAS DISASSEMBLED AND INSPECTED AT CONTINENTAL AND OBSERVED BY FAA INSPECTOR JACK CLARK. NO ABNORMAL DEFECTS WERE NOTED. REPORT OF TEARDOWN IS FORTHCOMING.

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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