# Accident 20030810020889A: Cessna T210M, Miami Lakes, FL, August 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2003, 11:38 local time
- Place: Miami Lakes, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9333° N, 80.4833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9333&lon=-80.4833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86PH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86PH-2008-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030810020889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE WITHOUT SPUTTERING AT 1500 FT MSL ALTITUDE WHILE RETURNING TO OPA LOCKA AIRPORT (KOPF) AFTER PLEASURE FLIGHT. ATTEMPTED TO RE-START UNSUCCESSFULLY AND THEN PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NW OF OPA LOCKA WEST AIRPORT (X46) ON THE SAWGRASS. AIRPLANE HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ELEVATORS, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE FUSELAGE CAUSED BY THE EMERGENCY LANDING, BUT FORTUNATELY NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT SUSTAINED A METAL FATIGUE CRACK AFT OF #2 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD AND THE CRANKSHAFT WAS BENT AT THE #1 CYLINDER POSITION. CRANKSHAFT HAS BEEN SENT BY NTSB TO THEIR LABORATORY FOR METALLURGICAL EVALUATION AND AN INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS TO DETERMINE ITS ORIGIN AND SERVICEABILITY SINCE THE OWNER DOES NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION IN THE ENGINE MAINTENANCE RECORDS. THE CRANKSHAFT WAS REPLACED ON THIS ENGINE DURING A MAJOR OVERHAUL PERFORMED ON 4/1/97.

## 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 MIA03LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA160), Aug 10, 2003: Cessna T210M (N86PH), Hialeah, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Spinning of the crankshaft No. 2 main bearing for undetermined reasons resulting in damage to the aft cheek of the No. 2 main bearing journal, fatigue failure of the crankshaft cheek, failure of 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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