OpenAirDocs.org

20020309004739A

Accident · No damage
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Cessna T210N · Teterboro, NJ · March 9, 2002

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
March 9, 2002 · 13:58 local
Place
Teterboro, NJ
Airport
Teterboro
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N2BS
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC02FA068
Reported as
Cessna T210N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
N2BSRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Cessna T210NS/N 21063095 · Built 1978Airframe modelCessna T210NEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On March 9, 2002 at 1357L the subject aircraft departed Teterboro Airport (teb) runway 6, enroute to montauk (mtp). Witness reports state that the aircraft climbed to 800 feet and lost power. The aircraft made a descending left turn back towards the airport rocking its wings from side to side. The aircraft impacted the airport boundary at 1358L in the area between runways 19 and 24 and paralleling route 46, in a flat, wings level attitude with a high vertical descent rate. The aircraft skidded approximately 245 feet and burst into flames killing the pilot who was the sole occupant and destroying the aircraft. Crash investigation found the foam filter element for the brackett BA2405 air filter ingested into the turbo charger intake. The filter frame was also found installed backwards. This improper installation placed the filter element-retaining screen opposite the induction side of the turbo charger allowing the element to be ingested. This caused an unrecoverable power loss and resultant crash.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 9, 2002 AT 1357L THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TETERBORO AIRPORT (TEB) RUNWAY 6, ENROUTE TO MONTAUK (MTP). WITNESS REPORTS STATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 800 FEET AND LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A DESCENDING LEFT TURN BACK TOWARDS THE AIRPORT ROCKING ITS WINGS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY AT 1358L IN THE AREA BETWEEN RUNWAYS 19 AND 24 AND PARALLELING ROUTE 46, IN A FLAT, WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE WITH A HIGH VERTICAL DESCENT RATE. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 245 FEET AND BURST INTO FLAMES KILLING THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. CRASH INVESTIGATION FOUND THE FOAM FILTER ELEMENT FOR THE BRACKETT BA2405 AIR FILTER INGESTED INTO THE TURBO CHARGER INTAKE. THE FILTER FRAME WAS ALSO FOUND INSTALLED BACKWARDS. THIS IMPROPER INSTALLATION PLACED THE FILTER ELEMENT-RETAINING SCREEN OPPOSITE THE INDUCTION SIDE OF THE TURBO CHARGER ALLOWING THE ELEMENT TO BE INGESTED. THIS CAUSED AN UNRECOVERABLE POWER LOSS AND RESULTANT CRASH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB NYC02FA068Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportTeterboro, NJImproper maintenance by other maintenance personnel, which resulted in the air filter element being sucked into and blocking the turbocharger inlet, and a subsequent power loss. Factors in the accident were the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and the…Mar 9, 2002 · Destroyed