# Incident 19970413011219I: Cessna P206, Chandler, AZ, April 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1997, 10:51 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2691° N, 111.8111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHANDLER MUNI (CHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2691&lon=-111.8111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2575X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2575X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206 (registry code 2073304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,800 total, 300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970413011219I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SUNDAY, 4-13-97, THE PILOT AND HIS SON TOOK-OFF FROM CHANDLER AIRPORT TO DO SOME LOCAL FLYING. A FEW MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SHUDDER AND THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE DROPPED TO 18-20 HG. THE PILOT STARTED A 180 DEGREE TURN FROM HIS OUTBOUND VECTOR FROM P10 AND CALLED CHANDLER TOWER TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE BEGAN SHAKING AND THERE WAS A LOUD "BANG". THE ENGINE THEN SEIZED COMPLETELY, PROP IN THE VERTICAL POSITION. THE PILOT SET UP A GLIDE ANGLE, CALL CHANDLER TOWER, AND PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CLEARED FIELD. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT DAMAGED, HOWEVER UPON PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE CONTINENTAL ENGINE, IT APPEARS THAT A CRANKSHAFT COUNTERWEIGHT FAILED AND SEPARATED INTERNALLY CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE; INCLUDING, CRACKING THE ENTIRE CRANKCASE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY IN THE AFT END. NOTE: THIS AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH LONG RANGE FUEL TANKS.

## Other reports on N2575X (1)

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

- [Accident 19820201013819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820201013819A), Feb 1, 1982: Cessna P206 (N2575X), Las Cruces, NM, Substantial damage. Aircraft was blown over during rollout after landing due to quartering tail wind.

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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