# Accident 19920709024559A: Cessna T210N, Superior, AZ, July 9, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1992, 07:50 local time
- Place: Superior, AZ
- Airport: Superior Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2828° N, 111.1108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2828&lon=-111.1108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6483C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6483C-1992-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX92FA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA289) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920709024559A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER EN ROUTE. STRUCK TREES AND BURNED SHORT OF AIRPORT. CRANKSHAFT BROKE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX92FA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92FA289), Jul 9, 1992: Cessna T210N (N6483C), Superior, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: AN INADEQUATE MAJOR ENGINE OVERHAUL PROCEDURE, DURING WHICH PREVIOUS CRANKSHAFT DAMAGE WAS NOT DETECTED. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS A SURFACE INITIATED FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT.

## Other reports on N6483C (2)

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

- [Incident 19910824042739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910824042739I), Aug 24, 1991: Cessna T210N (N6483C), Bonita, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot landed on dirt road. On rollout nose wheel fell into a chuck-hole which resulted in a prop strike.
- [Incident 19820827068889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820827068889I), Aug 27, 1982: Cessna T210N (N6483C), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear retracted on touch and go. Actuator bearing end out of alignment. Caused down lock pins to be misaligned.

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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