# Incident 20151122021009I: Cessna 210-5(205), Terlingua, TX, November 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2015, 13:30 local time
- Place: Terlingua, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2871° N, 103.5834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Terlingua, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2871&lon=-103.5834&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8107Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8107Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210-5(205)
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,203 total, 630 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151122021009I

## Narrative

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

NOVEMBER 22, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 CST, N8107Z, A CESSNA 210-5 (205) WAS CONDUCTING A PART 91 AIR TOUR FLIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF TEXAS BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK. THE  PILOT STATED HE HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO SHAKE. HE PREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND LANDED SAFELY WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TERLINGUA CREEK FLATS, LOCATED IN THE NATIONAL PARK.  NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL ABOARD WERE REPORTED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED  DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD LEFT UPPER ENGINE CASE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO LOWER LEFT ENGINE COWLING.

## Other reports on N8107Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20240603021239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240603021239A), Jun 3, 2024: Cessna 210-5 (N8107Z), Reserve, NM, Substantial damage. Pilot statement: On the morning of Monday, June 3rd, 2024, (0750 hrs) I flew from farmington, NM to look at a project near collins park in the gila national…

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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