# Incident 20170708012179I: Cessna 210L, Ossabaw Island, GA, July 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2017, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ossabaw Island, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8011° N, 81.0945° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ossabaw Island, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8011&lon=-81.0945&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2246S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2246S-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210L (registry code 2073448, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 2,056 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170708012179I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED 1GAO FLYING VFR TO KHXD.  UPON RECEIVING FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM ATC AT 2500', ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FOLLOWED BY EXCESSIVE SMOKE IN THE CABIN.  DECLARED EMERGENCY WITH ATC, OPENED WINDOW TO CLEAR SMOKE.  LOCATED BEACH AT OSSABAW ISLAND, DECREASED POWER TO PREPARE FOR LANDING ON THE BEACH.  ON FINAL, ENGINE STOPPED, LOWERED LANDING GEAR, AND LANDED SAFELY ON THE BEACH WITHOUT INCURRING DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS (CHILDREN 14 AND 11)ON BOARD.  ALL SOULS AIRLIFTED OFF ISLAND BY COAST GUARD.

## Other reports on N2246S (1)

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

- [Accident 20201220020629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201220020629A), Dec 20, 2020: Cessna 210L (N2246S), Midway, GA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. On the evening of December 20, 2020 a private pilot departed out of Swainsboro, GA (ksbo) at approx. 19:40 headed southeast for Eagle Neck Airport (1GAO)…

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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