At 15:40 Pacific time, a Cessna 210K lost engine power and made a forced landing near Oxnard. The pilot, his passenger and two dogs were not injured. The flight had been airborne for about 30 minutes when the pilot noted an abnormal vibration that increased despite his attempts to correct the problem. He declared an emergency and was given vectors to the nearest airport, but the engine quit entirely. He spotted an open area and made a forced landing off-airport, where the airplane hit trees and a fence. The original Continental IO-520 engine had been replaced 57 hours earlier by a Continental IO-550 under an STC.
Nov. 16, Oxnard, Calif. / Cessna Centurion
At 15:40 Pacific time, a Cessna 210K lost engine power and made a forced landing near Oxnard. The pilot, his passenger and two dogs were not injured. The flight had been airborne for about 30 minutes when the pilot noted an abnormal vibration that increased despite his attempts to correct the problem. He declared an emergency and was given vectors to the nearest airport, but the engine quit entirely. He spotted an open area and made a forced landing off-airport, where the airplane hit trees and a fence. The original Continental IO-520 engine had been replaced 57 hours earlier by a Continental IO-550 under an STC....
Key Takeaways:
- A Cessna 210K made an uninjured forced landing near Oxnard after experiencing total engine power loss approximately 30 minutes into its flight.
- The pilot declared an emergency due to increasing vibrations before the engine completely quit, resulting in an off-airport landing where the aircraft impacted trees and a fence.
- Notably, the aircraft's Continental IO-550 engine had been recently replaced, just 57 hours prior to the incident, under a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC).
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