# Accident 20001111041229A: Cessna T210N, Kankakee, IL, November 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2000, 16:37 local time
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Airport: Greater Kankakee
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1101° N, 87.8602° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1101&lon=-87.8602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9528Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9528Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001111041229A

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING AN IFR FLIGHT FROM THE GREATER ROCKFORD AIRPORT (RFD), ROCKFORD, IL TO INDIANAPOLIS TERRY AIRPORT (TYQ), INDIAMAPOLIS, IN, ON 11/11/2000, AT 1637 CST, N9528Y EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE TWO MILES FROM THE GREATER KNKAKEE AIRPORT (IKK), THE PIC, MR. BRUCE A. BARKER, ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT IKK.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT IN A CLEARED FARM FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT BEYOND THE FIELD THROUGH A DITCH AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED ON A ROAD (ROUTE 45).  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO INCLUDE THE WINGS, LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, AND ENGINE MOUNT.  NO ONE WAS INITIALLY REPORTED AS INJURED; HOWEVER ONE OF THE PASSENGERS LATER DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD BROKEN HIS ARM.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO THE IKK AND PLACED ON THE MAIN TERMINAL RAMP.  ON 11/16/2000 INSPECTOR JAMES KENNEDY OF THE DUPAGE FSDO AND TODD FOX OF THE NTSB INSPECTED N9528Y ON THE RAMP.  THE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE PROP AND ENGINE MOUNT WAS BENT AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL SHEET METAL DAMAGE.  THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF BOTH WINGS.  THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT WAS BROKEN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE FRONT FOUR CYLINDERS AND THE AFT TWO CYLI NDERS. A LARGE CRACK WAS DISCOVERED FROM THE BASE OF #1 CYLINDER EXTENDING ALONG TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE.

## 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 CHI01LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA037), Nov 11, 2000: Cessna T210N (N9528Y), Kankakee, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The unsuitable terrain encountered by the pilot during the emergency landing. Factors to the accident were the loss of engine power due to the failure of the crankshaft, the pilot misjudging the…

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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