# Accident 19930425010449A: Cessna TU206D, Culebra, Puerto Rico, April 25, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1993, 09:40 local time
- Place: Culebra, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3103° N, 65.3027° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Culebra, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3103&lon=-65.3027&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72158, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72158-2013-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206D (registry code 2073344, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206D
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 324 total, 324 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA93FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93FA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930425010449A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER. DITCHED IN OCEAN. CRANKSHAFT FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE. INITIATED ON NR2 JOURNAL.

## 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 MIA93FA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA93FA109), Apr 25, 1993: Cessna TU206D (N72158), Culebra, PR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT THAT ORIGINATED FROM A HEAT CHECK CRACK IN THE JOURNAL, ADJACENT TO THE #2 MAIN JOURNAL FORWARD FILLET.

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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