# NTSB DEN88IA083: Cessna 210, N2180S, Billings, MT, March 17, 1988

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 16, 1988, 17:34 local (Mar 17, 1988, 00:34 UTC)
- Place: Billings, MT
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88IA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17394/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88IA083

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,connecting rod - failure,total (cause)
  - fluid,oil - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2180S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2180S-1990-07-12), registration cancelled 1990-07-12, S/N 21061141 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210l) (registry code 2073448) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21061141
- Airframe hours: 3545
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-L 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Lynch Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, March 11, 1988, 3 hours before
- Departed: DIK, DICKINSON, ND
- Destination: BIL, BILLINGS, MT
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,394 total, 1,510 in this make and model, 4,334 as pilot in command, 106 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BIL, 15 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19880316049669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880316049669I), Mar 16, 1988: Cessna 210L, Billings, MT, Minor damage. Forced landing on freeway due to engine failure. Found crankcase ruptured by number 4 rod.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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